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Data Analysis and Probability: Graphing Candy with Excel

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Collect and graph data using Microsoft Excel with your math class. They will make predictions about the number of each colored candy in a bag of M&M's, then sort, classify, count, and record the actual data before using Excel to...
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Mmm, Mmm, M&M's

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Here is another version of the classic M&M math lesson. In this one, upper graders utilize the ClarisWorks Spreadsheet program in order to document the data they come up with from their bags of M&M's. After making their initial...
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Math with M&M's

For Teachers 1st
First graders create number sentences.  In this math lesson, 1st graders use M&M's to make number sentences.  Students create charts using the color of the M&M's as data.
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M&M Math

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students research number values by participating in a candy exercise. In this math function instructional activity, students utilize baking ingredients to create cookies and multiply how many M&M's will go into the batch if you want...
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Comparing M&M's

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars sort a bag of M&M's by colors and solve a variety of comparison problems. They determine which pile of M&M's has the most, the least, and answer questions comparing two piles. Students also order the piles of...
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M&M Counting Activity

For Teachers K - 1st
In these M&M math worksheets, students count the M&Ms on each card and then match their total number to the correct card that shows the written number.