M&M’sHow much do you know about one of

America’s favorite candies?

Record Your Answers

• What year were M&M’s introduced?• What company is the manufacturer?• What were the original colors?• What are the current colors?• What is the famous advertising slogan for

M&M’s?• What are some of the variations now?

Color History

Melt in your mouth, not in your hand…

How many M&M’s in a fun size bag?

• Make a guess and record.• Open your bag and count the total number of

M&M’s – no eating yet!• Sort the candies by color and record the

number for each color.• Using the graph paper, make a histogram for

your bag by color.

Measures of Central Tendency

• This knowledge is needed for Math, Social Studies, and Science tests.

• Candidates must define and answer questions about mode, median, mean (average), and range – from statistics.

• Questions will relate to data which can be described in a narrative, shown on a chart or table, or displayed in a numerical sequence.

Mode

• Mode is the most commonly occurring number in the distribution.

• It is the number you have the MOST of.• Mode is a term used in the fashion industry in

words such as “de mode, outmoded, in the mode.”

• There can be more than one mode if two or more amounts are the same.

Median

• Median is the number right in the center of the distribution when it is put in order.

• Order the numbers from least to greatest. Find the number exactly in the middle. That is the median. Think of the median strip that divides a highway.

• If there are an even number of terms, find the mean of the two in the middle. Median and mean are on the GED formula page.

Range

• The range of a data set is the difference between the lowest and highest numbers in the in distribution.

• Subtract the lowest number from the highest number to find the range.

• Think of the range on a ranch which is also called a “spread” to remember that range is the distance spanned by the data.

Mean (Average)

• The mean is the arithmetic average of the data.

• Add all the data together.• Divide the total by the number of items in the

distribution.• On the GED test you will probably use a

calculator to compute the mean.

References

• mms.com• mymms.com• Purplemath.com• MathHelp.com