Apportionment Review

How do you find the standard quota?

• State Population/Total Population
• Standard Divisor/Lower Quota
• Population/Standard Divisor
• Total Population/Seat

Tags

CCSS.7.RP.A.2

CCSS.7.RP.A.3

What is the standard quota for Alabama?

• 4.7
• 75.33
• 915.67
• 200

How do you find the standard divisor?

• Total Population/Number of seats available

• Number of seats available/total population

• total population/standard quota

• standard quota/total population

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.2

CCSS.6.RP.A.3

What is the lower quota for Illinois?

• 46
• 44
• 45
• 47

What is the first step of the Hamilton´s Method?

• Round the standard quota down

• Modify the standard divisor

• Give the surplus seats to the state with the largest fractional parts until there are no more surplus seats

• Round the standard quota up

How do we determine the extra seats in Hamilton's Method

• Highest Fractional Part

• Geometric Mean

• Modify Standard Divisor

• No extra seats neeed

What is the apportionment for Office A using Hamilton's Method (60 Seats)

• 14

• 12

• 11

• 10

The Bandana Republic is a small country consisting of 4 states:  Apure (population 3,310,000), Barinus (pop 2,670,000), Carabobo (pop 1,330,000) and Dolores (pop 690,000).  Suppose there are 160 seats to apportion.  Find the standard divisor.

• 2,000,000
• 50,000
• 500,000
• 200,000

What is the final apportionment for State C?

• 7
• 5
• 6
• -12

What is the standard quota for Texas?

• 35
• 48.25
• 50.15
• 89.12

Tags

CCSS.7.RP.A.3