Math with Skittles

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Collect Data from Your Bag of Skittles

Total Number of Skittles in Bag: ________________
Color Red Yellow Orange Purple Green
Number of
Each

Write Each Color as a Ratio in the Table Below

( Part : Whole)
Red Yellow Orange Purple Green
Ratio
 Red Skittles
Fraction:_______
Decimal:_______
Percentage:_____
Using your data, write the following
as Fractions, Decimals, and
Percentages. Then represent the
percentage on the hundreds board:

Purple Skittles
Fraction:_______
Decimal:_______
Percentage:_____
 Yellow Skittles
Fraction:_______
Decimal:_______
Percentage:_____
Green Skittles
Fraction:_______
Decimal:_______
Percentage:_____

Orange Skittles
Fraction:_______
Decimal:_______
Percentage:_____
 THINKING QUESTION: Imagine you found 4 more Skittles in your bag and they were all red. What would happen, in that
scenario? Would it effect the other colors or only the red’s calculations? Please explain.

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BONUS:
Mrs. Smith’s class knew that she loved Skittles. At the end of the year, 5 kids in her class pitched in and bought her 100 mini bags of
Skittles. Each child was in charge of the following fraction of bags:
Joe: 1/20
Mary: 3/20
Alison: 2/20
David: 9/20
Paul : ?
If Paul had to bring enough to get to 100 bags, what fraction would he have had to brought?

How many bags of Skittles did each of the students bring?

(Hint, think of equivalent fractions to help solve for this part).
Pie Chart: Using your skittles make a circle. Separate them by color, greatest number to least and draw a line to the center circle
for each color, to help draw the pie chart. Then label each color with your data.