ACTIVITY

Jefferson and Hamilton Plans of Apportionment

SITUATION: Apportioning Parking Slots

The UE Manila Campus has 76 parking slots for college students. The following table shows
the student population for each college.
Solve for the apportioned parking slots for each college using a)
College Population Hamilton Plan and b) Jefferson Plan
CAS 550
Total Population
CBA 1800 Standard Divisor=
Number of parking slots
CEN'G 1450
CCSS 900 4,700
Standard Divisor=
Total 4,700 76
Standard Divisor=61.842

HAMILTON PLAN

Additional Number of
Populatio Standard Lower Parking Parking
College n Quota Quota Slots Slots
550
  =8.89
CAS 550 61.84  8  1  9
 
1800
=29.11
CBA 1800 61.84  29  0  29
 
1450
=23.45
CEN'G 1450 61.84  23  0  23
 
900
=14.55
CCSS 900 61.84  14  1  15
 Total 4700    74    76

JEFFERSON PLAN
Number
of
Standard Quotient MSD= Parking
College Population Quota 61 Slots
 550
  =9.10
CAS 550 8.89 60.40  9
1800
=29.80 
CBA 1800 29.11 60.40  29
1450
  =24.00
CEN'G 1450 23.45 60.40  24
900
  =14.90
CCSS 900 14.55 60.40  14
 Total  74    76