+ M&M’s Lab By: Sophie Kock

+ Amount of M&M’s Color of M&MNumber of M&M’sProbability of Choosing This Color Brown1414.1% Blue88.1% Yellow2828.3% Orange88.1% Red2323.2% Green1818.1% Total: 99Total: 99.9%

+ Number and Color of M&M’s

+ Probability of Choosing an M&M

+ Probability of Each M&M

+ Question 1: What is the probability of choosing either a red or a yellow M&M? 51.5% chance

+ Question 2: What is the probability of choosing either a green or blue M&M? 26.3% chance

+ Question 3: What are the odds of choosing a brown M&M? 14.1% chance

+ Question 4: How many red M&M’s would you expect to find in a bag of 200 M&M’s? 47 red M&M’s

+ Question 5: How many orange M&M’s would there be in a jar filled with 1800 M&M’s? 146 orange M&M’s

+ Question 6: What is the ration of green M&M’s to blue M&M’s? 9:4

+ Question 7: Why do you think the makers of M&M’s make more brown ones than green ones? I would assume that they make more brown than green M&M’s because brown reminds people of chocolate more than green.

+ Question 8: Why was there a period of years that no red M&M’s were made? When did they start including red M&M’s in packages, again? after the FDA banned Red Dye

+ Question 9: Give a chronology of when the current colors of M&M’s made their debut Brown/Tan 1960’s –Red/Yellow 1976-Orange 1995 blue

+ Question 10: From the data you gathered, what color is seen the least? What color is seen the most? What other color would you suggest that the makers of M&M’s include? Why? Least: Orange/Blue Most: Yellow Other: I would suggest purple because then all of the colors of the rainbow would be included.