Article V of the U.S. Constitution lays out the requirements for the amendment process. There are two ways the states can ratify an amendment. The first is by having 3/4 of the 50 state legislatures ratify the amendmendment. Since this number is 37.5 you would round the required number of states up to 38. The second ratification method involves 3/4 of the 50 states to hold a special convention where voting would occur for ratification to be finalized.
The procedure for ratifying a constitutional amendment is vested in Article V of the United States Constitution. Here it is stipulated that amendments can be proposed either by Congress or by a constitutional convention, but to date the latter process has never been used. Instead, all twenty seven of the Constitution's amendments have been proposed by a two-thirds majority in both the United States Senate and House of Representatives. Once this initial hurdle has been overcome, then the proposed amendment is sent to the states for ratification. If three-fourths of the states duly ratify the proposed amendment then it becomes part of the Constitution. As there are currently fifty states in America, ratification is required by thirty eight states. Technically, three-fourths of fifty is thirty seven and a half, but the number is rounded up for the sake of convenience.
https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/constitution
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