Skittles Math

Activity
Name: ____________________________
Materials: one package of Skittles, cups, problem solving pages
Make an estimate (before opening your package):
1. How many Skittles do you think are in your package?
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2. Name the colors you think you will find inside your package:
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3. Do you think there will be the same number of each color in
this package? ___________________________
YES or NO
4. Do you think every student has the same number of Skittles in
their package? ___________________________
YES or NO
5. Why?
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Find Out:
6. Separate the Skittles by color into the cups. Name the colors
you actually found in the package:
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7. Fill in the chart below:

Color

Number

8. What is the total number of skittles you found?

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9. What is the difference between your guess and the actual
number of skittles in the package?
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10. Now lets make a bar graph! Below is an example chart.
Use a piece of graph paper to make your own bar graph! Make
sure you have all of the parts:
a. Title
b. Labelled Axes
c. Evenly spaced numbers on the up and down side
d. Colored in bars
The Number of Skittles of Each Color
12
10
8

Number of Skittles

6
10
4

11

2
0

Red

Purple

Green

Yellow

Orange

Blue

Color of Skittles

11. Which color has the most pieces of candy? _________________

a. How many? _______________
12. Which color has the least pieces of candy? _________________
a. How many? _______________
13. What was the difference between the most and the least?
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14. How many red and yellow pieces did you have?
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15. What was the total number of candies your package had?
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16. How many pieces of green candy did you have?
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17. How many pieces were not green? _________
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18. What was your favorite color? _____________________

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19. How many pieces of your favorite color did you get?
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20. If you got another bag of the same candy, how many pieces do

you think would be in that bag? _____________________