Exercise 1.

2
Answer each problem completely.
1. A mother of four children plans to distribute 35 identical pieces of Cadbury chocolate bars
among her children based on the number of minutes they spent doing chores. If she uses the
Hamilton method, what will be the fair way to divide the chocolate bars?
Child 1 Child 2 Child 3 Child 4
Minutes Worked 90 145 180 320

Solution
Standard Divisor ______________________
Child 1 Child 2 Child 3 Child 4
Minutes Worked 90 145 180 320
Final Pieces of
Chocolate Bars
Received

How many minutes of chores is needed for each child to receive one piece of chocolate?
Child 1 Child 2 Child 3 Child 4
Minutes Worked

2. Answer Problem 1 using the Jefferson method.

Solution
Standard Divisor ______________________
Child 1 Child 2 Child 3 Child 4
Minutes Worked 90 145 180 320
Final Pieces of
Chocolate Bars
Received

3. Answer Problem 1 using the Webster method.

Standard Divisor ______________________
Child 1 Child 2 Child 3 Child 4
Minutes Worked 90 145 180 320
Final Pieces of
Chocolate Bars
Received
4. The university board plans to assign a new assistant coach among 5 sports teams based on
their performance in the last UAAP season. The following table shows the points earned by each
team and their respective number of coaches and trainers.
Basketball Volleyball Swimming Badminton Track &
Field
Points 360 290 400 320 380
Numbers of 8 5 6 4 10
trainers

Compute for the Huntington-Hill number for each team. To which team should the additional
assistant coach be assigned?

Solution
Basketball Volleyball Swimming Badminton Track &
Field
H number

Final Answer ______________________

5. Which of the following apportionment methods can violate the quota rule?

 Hamilton  Webster
 Jefferson  Huntington-Hill

Answer(s): ____________________________________________________________________
Exercise 1.3
Answer the problems completely.

1. Use the Hamilton method to apportion 32 seats among the given states.
State A B C D E Total
Population 23, 403 33, 870 28, 677 12,900 42, 909 118,356

2. Use the Jefferson method for apportionment to answer Problem 1.

3. Use the Webster method for apportionment to answer Problem1.

4. If one seat will be added, which state should never receive the additional seat based on the
Huntington-Hill number?

5. What causes an apportion paradox? How can a paradox be avoided?

6. An Ayala prime condominium in Makati City consisting of 3 buildings has the number of
current unit owners indicated in the table below. A total of 32 board of directors will be needed
to govern the residential complex. Use the Hamilton method to apportion the said number of
directors to the three buildings.
Building Number of Unit Owners
East Building 345
North Building 248
South Building 410

7. Use the Webster method for apportionment to answer Problem 6.

8. Use the Jefferson method for apportionment to answer Problem 6.

9. If one board of director is added, which building will be entitled for the additional director
using the Huntington-Hill number in Problem 6?