M&M Stats Worksheet

Name: ______Group #______

1)Count the number of M&M’s in your bag

2)Compare your numbers with other members of your group and find the Mean, Mode and Median for the total number of M&M’s

3)Record each of the other groups’ data for steo two as well

Total M&M’s in your bag and then each of the other people in class
Group 1 / Group 2 / Group 3 / Group 4
Person 1
Person 2
Person 3
Person 4
Person 5
Total M&M’s
Mean
Median
Mode

4)Find the Mean, Median and Mode for the entire class – using each groups’ Mode, Median and Mean

Mean / Median / Mode

5)Count the number of each individual color in your bag, and enter it into the chart, below.

6)Compare the numbers of each color with the other members of your group and find the Mean, Median and Mode for each color (in your group)

Group __ / Red / Green / Yellow / Orange / Brown / Blue / Total
Person 1
Person 2
Person 3
Person 4
Person 5
Total group
Mean
Median
Mode

7)Find the Percent of each color (using the Mean Color/Mean Total from page one) and record the percents below (then fill in for all other groups and find the Mean percent for the class, for each color

Group / Red / Green / Yellow / Orange / Brown / Blue
Mean % for the Class

According to Mars, the following is their percentage of each color, included in any given sized bag.

Percent / Red / Green / Yellow / Orange / Brown / Blue
M&M Company / 13% / 20% / 14% / 25% / 13% / 21%

1)How do your group’s numbers compare (choose one)?

  1. ______The group and Mars are similar
  2. ______The group has more, overall, of each color
  3. ______The group has fewer, overall, of each color
  4. ______The group has more of some colors and fewer of others, overall

2)According to Mars, the following is their percentage of each color, included in any given sized bag. How do the class’s numbers compare (choose 1)?

  1. ______The class and Mars are similar
  2. ______The Class has more, overall, of each color
  3. ______The class has fewer, overall, of each color
  4. ______The class has more of some colors and fewer of others, overall

3)What happens to the comparison as the N goes up? Does the % get closer or further from each other?

Once your group is done – EAT!!!!

(That’s how I will know your group is finished)