M5 - Lesson 3 Check-in Activity

A kindergarten teacher has an incentive program to get her five students to

sleep more during nap time. She has 50 pieces of candy to divide among the
children at the end of the week based on
the number of minutes each of them spends sleeping. The minutes are listed
below in the following table
:
Table: Sleeping Times

Child Angel Beth Cindy David Edith To

Sleeping time
188 142 138 64 218 75
(minutes)

1. The Hamilton Method

Exact | Lower | Fractional| Surplus | Hamilton App.|

Quota | Quota | Part | |
188 | 12.53333 | 12 | 0.53333 | First +1 | 13 |
142 | 9.46667 | 9 | 0.46667 | | | 9 |
138 | 9.20000 | 9 | 0.20000 | | 9 |
64 | 4.26667 | 4 | 0.26667 | | 4 |
218 | 14.53333 | 14 | 0.53333 | Second+1 | 15 |
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750 | ≈50 | 48 | 2 | 2 | 50 |

Angel = 13 candies
Beth = 9 candies
Cindy = 9 candies
David = 4 candies
Edith = 15 candies