1. Agenda Goals Info sheet Overview Begin Lesson 9.1- Apportionment
Hamilton Method
Adjusting a list
HW Guide

2. Discrete vs. Continuous Data (Variables)
Discrete Math is not easily defined. NCTM states DM is “the study of mathematical properties of sets and systems that have only a finite number of elements.”
Discrete – values that can be counted
Continuous – all values in an interval between two specific values, such as temperature.

3. Statisticians gain information about situations by collecting data for random variables.

4. Mathematics All Around. Thomas L. Pirnot

5. Portfolio Rubric Vocabulary Page
Homework – Assignment # and date in top right corner. Due in pencil on due date; corrected in pen for final portfolio.
News article / typed response
Formula notecard (optional)
Extra-credit topic (extension - not discussed in class)
Portfolios should represent your own work and understanding; these are individualized for each learner. This allows us (student, teacher, parent) to see your strengths/weaknesses for assessment purposes. Late portfolios will be evaluated for half-credit.

6. Chapter 9 - Apportionment
Vocabulary
Apportionment
Methods
Hamilton
Huntington-Hill
Jefferson
Adams
Webster

7. Hamilton Method of Apportionment
Gives each state integer part
Additional reps allocated by largest fractional part of exact representation

8. Example 1- In a recent census…
Alabama – Population 4041
Missississippi – Population 2573
Louisiana – Population 4220
Allocate 19 members of the U.S. House of Representatives to these three states.
1st find the percentage for each state’s population to the total population

9. AL Miss LA Total State % of Delegates Delegates deserved Integer Part
Fractional Part
Assign additional Members AL
Miss LA
Total

10. Your Turn
2) The Civics Arts Guild is having a show. There is room for 31 booths and the guild has decided that the booths will be assigned in proportion to the type of members in the guild. Th guild has 87 painters, 46 sculptors, and 53 weavers. Assign the booths to the three groups.

11. Painters Sculptors Weavers Total Group % of Booths Booths deserved
Integer Part
Fractional Part
Assign additional Booths
Painters
Sculptors
Weavers
Total

12. Warm-Up
p.517 # 11

13. Adjusting a List by Truncating
Rank your biggest concerns about school. (1 representing your top concern)
Choose from the following:
Peer Pressure
My friends/social life
My grades
My safety

14. My Friends/ Social Life
State
# ranked 1st
Original %
Truncated to tenths
Discarded Portion
Adjusted List
Peer Pressure
My Friends/ Social Life
My Grades
Safety
Total

15. Your Turn
#17 on page 518.

16. Fairness of Apportionment
Average constituency =
Population of state/ number of reps from state
Absolute unfairness=
l(avg constituency of A) – (avg constituency of B)l
Relative Unfairness=
absolute unfairness / smaller average constituency

17. Example
Find the average constituency to determine which state is more poorly represented. State A has a population of 27,600 and 16 representatives and state B has a population of 23,100 and 14 representatives.
What is the absolute unfairness of this apportionment?
What is the relative unfairness?

18. Average Constituency of A =
Average Constituency of B =
State A is more poorly represented.
The absolute unfairness is
1,725 – 1,650 = 75
The relative unfairness =

19. Your turn
# 26 on page 519

20. Warm-Up
Do # 29 on p. 519.

21. Lesson 9.2 The Huntington- Hill Apportionment Principle
The student will use the Apportionment Criterion and the Huntington-Hill Apportionment Principle to determine the addition of representatives most fairly.

22. Apportionment Criterion
When assigning a representative among several parties, make the assignment so as to give the smallest relative unfairness.
Example: Suppose that State A has a population of 13,680 and 5 representatives, and State B has a population of 6,180 and 2 representatives. Use the apportionment criterion to determine which state is more deserving of one additional representative.

23. If State A gets the rep then:
Calculate the average constituencies for each.
Calculate the relative unfairness for each.
If State B gets the rep then:
Repeat steps A and B
The smaller relative unfairness is the best

24. Your Turn
#1 on p.524

25. Huntington-Hill Apportionment
Gives new rep preference by using the Huntington-Hill number.
H-Hill number (based on Geometric mean)
The larger number indicates which state should receive the additional representative. ?

26. Example
Iowa has a population of 2.8 million people and 6 representatives and Nebraska has a population of 1.6 million people and 3 representatives. Use the Huntington-Hill Principle to determine which state is more deserving of an additional rep.
Iowa
Nebraska
Nebraska’s H-Hill number is larger so Nebraska deserves the additional rep.

27. Your Turn
The Oil Consortium Board currently has 2 members from Naxxon, 2 from Aroco, and 1 from Eurobile. Use the Hamilton-Hill Apportionment Principle to decide which company should receive the next member on the board if Naxxon has 4,700 stockholders, Aroco has 3,700 and Eurobile has 1,600.
Naxxon should get the next rep.

28. Warm-Up
Use the Huntington-Hill apportionment principle to decide which state is more deserving of an additional rep.
The population of Alaska, New Hampshire, and Wyoming are .6 million, 1.1 million and .5 million, respectively. Alaska has 1 rep, New Hampshire has 2, and Wyoming has 1.

29. Lesson 9.3 Applications of the Apportionment Principle.
The student will use the Huntington-Hill principle to apportion representatives or other objects in order.

30. Now we are going to determine how to apportion a given number of representatives and in what order they should be distributed.
Use the H-Hill method to apportion 10 reps among Utah, Idaho, and Oregon.The recent populations are Utah, 1.7 mil; Idaho, 1.0 mil; and Oregon, 2.8 mil. Begin by giving one rep to each state. List the order in which the reps are apportioned.

31. Calculate the H-Hill #’s
Current Representation
Utah
Idaho
Oregon 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

32. Seat # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Goes to # of add’l reps Utah
# of add’l reps Idaho
# of add’l reps Oregon 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

33. Your Turn
#9 p.533

34. Lesson 9.4 Other Paradoxes & Apportionment Methods
The student will discuss other paradoxes and investigate and use other methods of apportionment to assign additional representatives/objects.

35. Standard Divisor / Quota
Total population / number of reps being allocated
Computed once (a single number) used for the entire apportionment process. The standard divisor is the # of constituents that each representative must represent.
Standard Quota =
State’s population / standard divisor
Must be computed individually for each state/client. The standard quota is the # of representatives that a state deserves.

36. Calculate the standard divisor and each state’s standard quota.
We want to apportion 8 representatives among:
State A with a population of 3 million.
State B with a population of 4 million.
State C with a population of 5 million.
Standard Quotas:

37. Using Hamilton’s Method:
State A would receive 2 reps.
State B would receive 3 reps.
State C would receive 3 reps.
Remember: Hamilton’s method uses the fractional parts to award additional reps.
Using the Hamilton method each state receives either the number immediately above or below the standard quota.

38. Definitions Lower quota – the standard quota rounded down.
Upper quota – the standard quota rounded up.
If in making an apportionment, each state is allocated a # of reps that is between its lower and upper quota, then we say the apportionment satisfies the quota rule.

39. Restating Hamilton’s Apportionment Method
Compute the standard divisor.
Compute the standard quota for each state and round down to the lower quota. Assign reps.
Assign additional reps according to the fractional parts of the standard quotas.

40. Warm-Up We have 15 seats to apportion between the following groups:
Freshmen with 420 students, Sophomores with 375 students, Juniors with 350 students and Seniors with 293 students.
Use the Hamilton Method of apportionment to distribute the seats.
Determine the relative unfairness between the freshmen and juniors.
C) Which group is more poorly represented?

41. Freshmen: AvgC= 105 Juniors: AvgC = 87.5
Group
% of Seats
Seats deserved
Integer Part
Fractional Part
Assign additional Seats
Freshmen
29.2%
4.38 4
0.38
Sophomores
26.1%
3.915 3
0.915
Juniors
24.3%
3.645
0.645
Seniors
20.4%
3.06
0.06
Total
100% 15 13
Freshmen: AvgC= 105 Juniors: AvgC = 87.5
The relative unfairness is 0.2.

42. Which group is more poorly represented?
Average Constituencies:
Freshmen – 105
Sophomores – 93.75
Juniors – 87.5
Seniors – 97.7
The freshmen are more poorly represented.

43. Other paradoxes
Population paradox – occurs when state A’s population is growing faster than state B’s population, yet A loses a representative to state B.
New-States paradox – occurs when a new state is added, and its share of seats is added to the legislature causing a change in the allocation of seats previously given to another state.

44. Jefferson’s Apportionment Method
Compute the standard divisor.
Rather than computing the standard quota, compute a modified quota by using a divisor that is smaller than the standard divisor for the apportionment.
Modified quota = state’s population / modified divisor
Calculate each state’s modified quota and round DOWN. Assign representatives.
Keep varying the modified divisor until the sum of these assignments is equal to the number being apportioned.

45. Ex) Southwest Water Authority
Assume that California, Nevada, and Arizona are cooperating to build a dam to provide water to communities currently lacking adequate water supplies. Seats on the 11-member Southwest Water Authority, which governs the project, are assigned according to the number of customers in each state who use the water from the project. There are 56,000 customers in California, 52,000 in Arizona, and 41,00 in Nevada.

46. Compute the standard divisor. Modified Divisor = _________
13,545.45
13,000
California
Arizona
Nevada
Population
56,000
52,000
41,000
Standard Quota
Modified quota
Round Modified Quota
___________
4.13
3.84
3.03
DOWN

47. Adams’ Apportionment Method
Compute the standard divisor.
Rather than computing the standard quota, compute a modified quota by using a divisor that is larger than the standard divisor for the apportionment.
Modified quota = state’s population / modified divisor
Calculate each state’s modified quota and round UP. Assign representatives.
Keep varying the modified divisor until the sum of these assignments is equal to the number being apportioned.

48. Compute the standard divisor. Modified Divisor = _________
13,545.45
14,000
California
Arizona
Nevada
Population
56,000
52,000
41,000
Standard Quota
Modified quota
Round Modified Quota
___________
4.13
3.84
3.03 UP

49. Webster’s Apportionment Method
Compute the standard divisor.
Rather than computing the standard quota, compute a modified quota by using trial and error to find a modified divisor.
Calculate the modified quota for each state and round it in the usual way.
Assign that number of representatives to each state.
Keep varying the modified divisor until the sum of these assignments is equal to the total number being apportioned.

50. Compute the standard divisor. Modified Divisor = _________
13,545.45
13,545.45
California
Arizona
Nevada
Population
56,000
52,000
41,000
Standard Quota
Modified quota
Round Modified Quota
___________
4.13
3.84
3.03
NORMALLY

51. How perfect are they? Yes No Hamilton Jefferson Adams Webster
Can have Alabama paradox
Yes No
Can have population paradox
Can have new-states paradox
Can violate quota rule

52. Revisiting the Oil Consortium Creating a 9 member board
Naxxon = 4700
Aroco = 3700
Eurobile = 1600
Apportion using Hamilton Method
Apportion using Huntington-Hill Method
Apportion using Jefferson’s Method
Apportion using Adams’ Method
Apportion using Webster’s Method

53. Textbook Problems as a class
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Page 549: 45
Page 550: 52
Partner: Finish Handout if needed.
You may work on your review for 9/23.
The test will be on Thursday, 9/25 instead of 9/29. The Extra Credit and portfolio will be due on 9/29.