M & M Data

Complete the following steps & fill in the answers.
1. Estimate the mass of the M & Ms in the cup.
Record your estimation: ______
Use the electronic scale to obtain the actual mass.
Record the mass: _______
2. Estimate the number of M & Ms in the cup. Record your estimation: _________
Estimate the number of M & Ms of each color. Record your estimations. The total must add up to your estimated total.

blue: ____
green: ____
yellow: ____
orange: ____
brown: ____
red: ____

3. The student assigned to be the counter will wash her/his hands. The counter will pour your M & Ms onto a paper towel. Count the number of M & Ms from your cup. Record the number.
DATA
actual number: ____
4. The counter will separate the M & Ms into colors. Count the number of each color. Record the numbers. The total must add up to the actual total.

DATA
blue: ____
green: ____
yellow: ____
orange: ____
brown: ____
red: ____

5. Review the numbers of each color. Write numbers on the Y axis, the vertical line, on the graph on the back of this page based on the largest group. You may need to count by 2s or 3s.
6. Color in your graph with your data using colored pencils, crayons, or markers to represent their colors.
7. Find the percent of each color M & M. Divide the number of blue into the total number of M & Ms. For example, in my cup I had 26 blues with a total number of 61 M & Ms. 26 divided by 61 = 43 %

blue: ____ divided by ____total # = ____%
green: ____ divided by ____total # = ____%
yellow: ____ divided by ____total # = ____%
orange: ____ divided by ____total # = ____%
brown: ____ divided by ____total # = ____%
red: ____ divided by ____total # = ____%

Add up your percentages. They must add up to 100%.
You may need to round up or down.