Fast Fact. Eight states border one or more of the five Great Lakes. Write a fraction representing the part of the 50 states that border a Great Lake. Write the fraction in simplest form.
8/50 = 4/25
To write the fraction representing the part of the 50 states that border a Great Lake, we need to determine the number of states that border a Great Lake and divide it by the total number of states in the United States, which is 50.
There are eight states that border one or more of the five Great Lakes, namely:
1. Illinois (IL) - borders Lake Michigan
2. Indiana (IN) - borders Lake Michigan
3. Michigan (MI) - borders Lake Michigan and Lake Superior
4. Minnesota (MN) - borders Lake Superior
5. New York (NY) - borders Lake Erie and Lake Ontario
6. Ohio (OH) - borders Lake Erie
7. Pennsylvania (PA) - borders Lake Erie
8. Wisconsin (WI) - borders Lake Michigan
Therefore, the fraction representing the part of the 50 states that border a Great Lake is 8/50. However, we can simplify this fraction by dividing both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 2.
So, the fraction in simplest form is 4/25.
To find the fraction representing the part of the 50 states that border a Great Lake, we need to determine the number of states that border a Great Lake and the total number of states in the United States.
There are a total of 50 states in the United States. From the given information, we know that eight of these states border one or more of the five Great Lakes.
To write the fraction in simplest form, we need to find the greatest common divisor (GCD) of the numerator and the denominator.
The numerator represents the number of states that border a Great Lake, which is 8.
The denominator represents the total number of states in the United States, which is 50.
To find the GCD of 8 and 50, we can use the Euclidean algorithm or list all the factors and find the largest common factor. In this case, the GCD of 8 and 50 is 2.
Now, we can simplify the fraction by dividing both the numerator and the denominator by the GCD (2).
8 ÷ 2 = 4
50 ÷ 2 = 25
Therefore, the fraction representing the part of the 50 states that border a Great Lake is 4/25.