Apportionment Vocab and Formula Practice (dmqz)

Match the following

• states

• The receiving parties in an apportionment problem

• standard quota

• The indivisible objects being apportioned

• seats

• The sets of numbers that are used as the basis for the apportionment

• standard divisor

• The ratio of total to number of seats being apportioned

• populations

• Represents what a fair apportionment to the state would be if seats were divisible into fractional parts

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Match the each equation to its term

• total population

• relative fractional part

• standard quota

• standard divisor

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If P=294,000 and the M=50, the standard divisor will be 5,880.

• True

• False

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Brookfield Zoo is closing its reptile exhibit and will distribute 50 turtles to five other zoos. Each zoo will receive a share of turtles based on its average number of visitors. Who are the "states" in this situation?

• The 50 turtles

• The 5 zoos

• The visitors

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CCSS.6.SP.A.1

CCSS.6.SP.A.2

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

A country has a population of 3,500,000 people and a legislature with 250 seats. How many people will a single legislator represent?

• 25

• 1,400

• 14,000

• 140,000

• None of these answers are correct

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CCSS.6.RP.A.2

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A country has standard divisor of 3,000, and there are 50 seats in the legislature. What is the population of the country?

• 600

• 150,000

• 1,500,000

• Not enough information to tell

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CCSS.6.EE.B.7

CCSS.6.RP.A.2

CCSS.6.RP.A.3

A country has a standard divisor of 2,100, and one of its states has a population of 120,320. What is the state's standard quota?

• 57.295

• 58

• .017

• 57

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A country has a total population of 32,000,000 people, and its legislature has 500 seats to apportion. One province in the country has a population of 2,301,453. What is the province's standard quota?

• 64,000

• 13.90

• 35

• 35.96

• 36

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A country has three provinces called Circletown, Triangleville, and Quad City. The country is apportioning seats in its legislature. The standard quotas for Circletown, Triangleville, and Quad City are 15.2, 9.12, and 13.68, respectively. Using Hamilton's method, which province would be the first to receive a leftover seat?

• Circletown

• Triangleville

• Quad City

• Not enough information to tell

A country has three provinces called Circletown, Triangleville, and Quad City. The country is apportioning seats in its legislature. The standard quotas for Circletown, Triangleville, and Quad City are 15.2, 9.12, and 13.68, respectively. Using Lowndes' method, which province would be the first to receive a leftover seat?

• Circletown

• Triangleville

• Quad City

• Not enough information to tell

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5