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Sheet # 71/The Stars and Stripes

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Show your work.

1. The first flag of the United States was made in 1777. How many years ago was that?

 

 

2. A century is 100 years. Has the flag of the United States been in use for a century? for 2 centuries?

 

 

3. How many stars are there on the flag of the United states of America? How are they arranged?

 

 

4. What do the stars in the flag represent ? What do the the stripes represent?

 

 

5. Complete the following table with all possible rows and columns.

United States flag in year
Number of Stars
Arrangement of stars in the flag. Number of Rows x Number of Columns
1795
15
5 x 3
1818
20
.
1822
24
.
1863
35
.
1912
48
.
Today
50
.