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GRAPHING WITH SKITTLES
Data Management
Purpose: To display and interpret statistics through sorting data and making graphs
Skill: Graphing and Interpreting Results
Number of People: One - as many as available bags of Skittles
Directions:
1. Guess how many colors of each skittle there will be in your bag.
2. Open the bag and complete the histogram (bar graph) according to skittle colors. Use a ruler.
3. Draw a circle and make a pie chart to show color frequency.
4. Which graph is easier to make? Which is easier to read?
5. If all the candies were put back in the bag and one was taken out, which color would it most likely be?
6. Compare your graph with a friend's graph. If you combined your Skittles with your friend's Skittles, would the shape of your graph change? Try it out on a piece of graph paper.
EAT YOUR SKITTLES
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