The M & M Report
By: Erin H.

 

Problem : Does each 1.69 oz bag of plain M&M candy have the same number of each color?

 

Materials: 4 bags of 1.69 oz M&M candy

 

Procedure: 1. open the bag   2. take out the candy  3. divide by color  4. count them  5. recount them  6. record your data  7. eat them

 

Observations: There were less blues then any other color.

 

Data Table

 

color	bag 1	bag 2	bag 3	bag 4	mean	median	mode
blue	7	4	6	7	6	6.5	7
red	12	13	15	12	13	12.5	12
yellow	9	14	6	14	10.75	11.5	14
brown	11	10	14	17	13	12.5	none
ornage	11	8	6	1	6.5	7	none
green	4	10	6	3	5.75	5	none
total	54	59	54	54	55.25	54	54

 

 

 

 

 

Analysis and Conclusion: There were more M&Ms in bag two. There was not an equal number of candies in each bag because each  M&M candy does not weigh the same amount.