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The document provides instructions for an activity where students separate M&M candies by color, count the number of each color, record the data in a table, create a pie chart in Excel to display the data, and compare their results to classmates. The activity is intended to teach students how to organize, analyze, and visually represent quantitative data.

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Grade 5 - MM

The document provides instructions for an activity where students separate M&M candies by color, count the number of each color, record the data in a table, create a pie chart in Excel to display the data, and compare their results to classmates. The activity is intended to teach students how to organize, analyze, and visually represent quantitative data.

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Computer 5

Graphing Activity in Excel.

Name: ______________________________________

Date: _______________________________________

Materials needed:

100g pack of M&M ‘s

papers (for counting )

Instructions:

1. Pour out the M&M’s on a clean piece of paper and separate them according to colors. You can use
extra sheet of clean paper to separate each colors.
2. Count the number of M&M’s by color and put the data on the table below.
3. Encode or type the data into Excel and create a pie graph. Format the pie graph with the correct colors
of your M&M’s. Save it as MM.
4. Compare your data with your classmates and answer the question below.

Color Quantity (number of pieces)


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2.
3.
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7.

Question:

1. Does the number of colored candies in your 100g pack of M&M’s the same compare to the other
100g pack of your classmate? Yes or No? Why do you think that the distribution is like this?

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(It is by practicing that we master what we learn.)

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