California State University – MATH 101: College Algebra Verified Practice Questions with A+ Answers | Final Exam Guide FOR 2025/2026 (the most recent quizzes)

California State University – MATH 101: College
Algebra ✅ Verified Practice Questions with A+
Answers | Final Exam Guide FOR 2025/2026 (the
most recent quizzes)
apportionment - ✔✔a method of distributing a few items proportionally into several groups

hamilton method - ✔✔based on standard divisor and standard quota of the population


SD = P / A
SQ = G / SD

standard quota - ✔✔the whole number part of the quotient of a population divided by the
standard divisor

lower quota - ✔✔standard quota rounded down to a whole number

upper quota - ✔✔the standard quota rounded up to a whole number

jefferson method - ✔✔use a modified standard divisor, apply lower quota

adam's method - ✔✔similar to jefferson's method but upper quota is applied

webster method - ✔✔rules for rounding off numbers applies to quotients

huntington - hill apportionment method - ✔✔determine the geometric mean of each of the sub-
group's lower and upper quota

quota criterion - ✔✔the number of allocations given to a subset of a population is the standard
quota or one more than the standard quota


hamilton satisfies
jefferson and webster may violate
huntington - hill may also violate

alabama paradox - ✔✔an increase in the total number of seats to be apportioned causes a district
to lose a seat

population paradox - ✔✔an increase in a district's population can cause it to lose a seat