Candy Graphing and Counting

For this project we used M&M's for the candy. The bag sizes were 1.69 ounce bags. We used the colors to create a graph. We went in rainbow order. The order was Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Brown. We wrote our estimates. After we wrote our estimates we organized our M&M's. Then we wrote our the total of our M&M's. After that we made our graphs and designed them. When we made our graphs and our other stuff we used Google Sheets. The first chart we made was called a column chart. Then we made another column chart but that one was for the whole class. The column charts are showing how many M&M's we had. After we made both of them we made a pie chart for our M&M's. And made the colors the correct colors. Then we made another pie chart and did all the same steps. The pie charts were modeling how many M&M's we had just like the column charts. I think that my M&M's were manufactured in Hackettstown, NJ. Their packages have 25% Blue, 25% Orange, 12.5% Green, 12.5% Bright Yellow, 12.5% Red, 12.5% Brown. For my bag most of my M&M's we calculated some what the same as the ones manufactured in Hackettstown, NJ.The most difficult was graphing. I overcame my difficulties by having help from a classmate. My estimate was 2 red, 7 yellow, 10 orange, 6 brown, and 8 blue. I thought there where going to be less red ones because they are all put in a bag at the same time. It was hard for me because I didn't understand how to do the graphing. I like the milk chocolate M&M's best. My counting candy charts explain how many M&M's I had and how many my class had. For my pie chart I was showing what my total was for my M&M's and how many of each M&M's I had. My predictions about future bags of M&M's that are manufactured are not always going to have the same amount of the colors in other bags or the same amount as the percentages. When they pour the M&M's in to the big bowl and then pour them into bags and ship them there will never be the same amount of the percentages.