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Lab 6-6 Worksheet
Fill in the table below:
Color
Number
Your
Percentage
Expected
Percentage
Brown
Yellow
Red
Blue
Orange
Green
Total
Does your percentages come close to the expected percentages?
Why could there be differences between your percentage and the ones listed on the M&M
web site?
Color
Class’s
Numbers
Class’s
Percentage
Expected
Percentage
Brown
Yellow
Red
Blue
Orange
Green
Total
How does the class’s percentages compare to your percentages?
Why is the class’s percentage closer to the expected percentage than yours?
LAB 6-6 Work Sheet
Suppose you had placed all the M&M’s form the class experiment into a jar. If one candy
is randomly selected, what is the probability that you will select a red M&M?
Is the probability you calculated above an experimental or theoretical? Explain
Use your class’s totals to answer the following questions:
a) Fill in the table of probabilities:
X
Brown
Yellow
Red
Blue
Orange
Green
P(x)
b) What is the sum of all the probabilities?
c) Determine the probability of selecting a blue M&M?
d) What is the probability of not selecting a blue M&M?
e) What is the probability of selecting either a yellow or orange candy?
f) What is the probability of selecting a candy that is a primary color (red, yellow, blue)?
g) What is the probability of selecting a red and green M&M?
h) What is the probability of selecting a blue M&M and then a yellow M&M?
i) What is the probability of selecting a purple M&M?