Voting
Overview
An important vote for the Senate has taken place and you will need to count the votes. This will involve addition and finding the difference of large numbers. Votes need to be counted for three areas – the town of Tempestratis itself, and the nearby areas of Dorsetia and Wiltum.
Demo
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Differences between the demo and full version
When this demo version is used, the activity is always played at 'Slave' level, where the votes for two parties only need to be added together. Only two digit numbers are used, and the numbers are the same every time. Votes for only one region (and not two or three) need only be counted before the reward is given.
User Guide (full version)
For each of these areas, there will be two (or three at senator level) people trying to win the most votes. These people are called the ‘candidates’, and each belongs to a political party (a group of people with the same views). In the Roman Adventure, these parties are called the Democrats, Republicans and Liberals.
Slave level
Two boxes showing the number of votes for a candidate will be displayed, and you need to add the numbers together and type in the total. At this level, the first box has a number greater than 10, and the sum of the two is less than 100.
You need to do this for each of the two candidates (one for each political parties). The winning candidate (for this area) will be shown, and you will the need to count the votes for each of the two candidates for the next two areas as well.
Citizen level
You will need to add the votes for each candidate as at slave level. At this level, both numbers are multiples of 10: the first is greater than 100, and the sum of the two is less than 1,000.
Once the votes have been added up for each candidate in an area, you will be shown the number of votes cast for each of their parties, and you will need to click on the name of the party with the most votes.
The winning candidate will be shown, and you will be prompted to add up and type in the total number of votes that have been cast.
Finally, you will be asked to work out the winning margin (the difference in votes between the two parties).
Senator level
The activity at senator level works similar to the activity at citizen level. At senator level, the numbers are four digit numbers in multiples of 100, with the sum of the two numbers totaling less than 9,999. The total number of votes need to be added for the three parties. As at citizen level:
- the winning party needs to be chosen,
- the total number of votes needs to be determined, and
- the margin of victory needs to be worked out.
In this case, this is the difference between the number of votes for the winning and second place candidates.
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