Hamilton's Method
In Example #1, this is the standard divisor.
In Example #2, this is the standard divisor.
What is 21,651.404?
In Example #3, this is the standard divisor.
What is 3,460.616?
In Example #4, this is the standard divisor.
What is 89.333?
In Example #5, this is the number of seats apportioned to State B with the original population.
What is 20 seats?
In Example #1, this is the number of laptops School C gets.
What is 75?
In Example #2, this is the correct modified divisor.
What is 20,300?
In Example #3, this is the correct modified divisor.
What is 3,535?
In Example #4, this is the correct modified divisor.
What is 92?
In Example #5, this is the percent increase (to the nearest tenth) in the population of State C.
What is 1.3%?
In Example #1, this is the school that received the extra laptop.
What is School A?
In Example #2, this is how many seats that Hayes County should get.
What is 10 seats?
In Example #3, this is how many seats that State B should have.
What is 18 seats?
In Example #4, this is how many salespeople that are assigned to work the Midday shift.
What is 3 salespeople?
In Example #5, this is the percent increase (to the nearest tenth) in the population of state B.
What is 0.8%?
In Example #1, if the number of laptops was increased from 150 to 151 this is the number of laptops School B gets.
What is 68 laptops?
In Example #2, this is how many seats that Davis county should get.
What is 17 seats?
In Example #3, this is how many seats that State C should have.
In Example #4, this is the amount of people assigned to work the Evening shift.
What is 5?
In Example #5, this is the number of seats apportioned to State C using the new population.
What is 7 seats?
In Example #1, if the number of laptops is increased from 150 to 151 this paradox occurs.
What is the Alabama Paradox?
In Example #5, does the population paradox occur?