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Exercise 3

Avg difficulty 2.5

In exercises 1-4, determine the apportionment using

  1. Hamilton's Method

  2. Jefferson's Method

  3. Webster's Method

  4. Huntington-Hill Method

A small country consists of five states, whose populations are listed below. If the legislature as 100 seats, apportion the seats.

ABCDE
584,000226,60088,500257,300104,300

Lee et al., Math in Society, Democracy — Chapter 5 Review, Exercise 3

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