Each student individually, and as part of a group, formulates the probability. Students need to understand probability. Each student must have a package of M and M's. Students get into teams. Students and teams number off.
Students find and record the probability of eating each individual color.
The teacher checks for understanding by spinning a spinner and randomly asking a few students to report a portion of their data. Students, within their teams, put data together by means of Roundrobin. Students record the group's total probability. Teacher spins student spinner and asks that number in each group to stand and give the class their team data. Students will work on their own to answer question number 6.