How many states must approve an amendment to the Constitution? Article 5?

Question

How many states must approve an amendment to the Constitution? Article 5?

Answer 1

3/4 of the states must ratify the proposed amendment, so 37.5 states must approve it (38 states).

Answer 2

Almost any kind of amendment needs to be ratified by 38 states, but ..........

If the proposed amendment is going to alter a state's relative power in the Senate, then that amendment must be ratified by all 50 states. ....... "Provided that ... no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate."

Answer 3

2/3

Whoops ! I like the 75% better!

Answer 4

38 States which means that you need the mid west to ratify anything and they tend to be more conservative than the coasts.