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Election Math: Majorities, Turnout and Margins

Grades 6–8 · the majority line in the House, turnout as a percentage, margins of victory, percentage points, and reading a results chart and a turnout table.

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  1. 1Domanda 1

    The House has 435 seats. What is the smallest number of seats that counts as a majority?

    A217
    B218
    C200
    D300
  2. 2Domanda 2

    The Senate has 100 members and a vote ends 50 to 50. Who breaks the tie?

    AThe Speaker of the House
    BThe Chief Justice
    CThe vice president
    DThe senator who has served longest
  3. 3Domanda 3

    A county has 120,000 registered voters and 78,000 of them voted. What was the turnout?

    A78%
    B54%
    C65%
    D42%
  4. 4Domanda 4

    The chart shows the votes in one House district. What percentage of the votes did Ortiz receive?

    A bar chart titled District 7 results with three bars labeled with their values: Ortiz 48,000 votes, Bell 36,000 votes, Nakamura 16,000 votes.
    A36%
    B52%
    C60%
    D48%
  5. 5Domanda 5

    In a governor's race one candidate received 52,300 votes and the other 49,700. What was the margin of victory in votes?

    A2,600 votes
    B3,600 votes
    C1,300 votes
    D102,000 votes
  6. 6Domanda 6

    The table shows registered voters and voters who turned out, by age group. What was the turnout for ages 45 to 64?

    A table with age group, registered and voted: 18 to 29 has 10,000 registered and 3,800 voted; 30 to 44 has 20,000 and 11,000; 45 to 64 has 25,000 and 16,250; 65 and over has 15,000 and 10,500.
    A55%
    B65%
    C38%
    D70%
  7. 7Domanda 7

    A state with about 39 million people has 52 representatives. About how many people does each representative serve?

    AAbout 75,000
    BAbout 7.5 million
    CAbout 750,000
    DAbout 2 million
  8. 8Domanda 8

    In a midterm year, 33 of the 100 Senate seats are up for election. About what fraction of the Senate is that?

    AAbout one half
    BAbout one quarter
    CAbout two thirds
    DAbout one third
  9. 9Domanda 9

    Turnout in a town rose from 40% in one midterm to 50% in the next. By how many percentage points did it rise?

    A10 percentage points
    B25 percentage points
    C90 percentage points
    D50 percentage points
  10. 10Domanda 10

    With 80% of the votes counted, candidate X leads candidate Y by 4,000 votes. The remaining 30,000 votes split 60% for Y and 40% for X. Who wins, and by how much?

    AX, by 4,000 votes
    BY, by 6,000 votes
    CY, by 2,000 votes
    DX, by 2,000 votes

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