1. M&M’s How much do you know about one of America’s favorite candies?

2. 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?

3. Color History

4. Melt in your mouth, not in your hand…

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. References mms.com mymms.com Purplemath.com MathHelp.com