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Materials Needed: A bag of plain M & M's for each student (or group of students) Handout for each student Discussion before the bags are opened: 1. How many M & M's are in each bag? 2. How many of each color? 3. Will all 6 colors be in each bag? 4. Which color will occur the most? the least? Extension: Have students to research the Mars company official percentages for each color. In this activity, students find the probability of choosing a particular color M & M given the number of M & M's in

This is an activity to see how tall objects are using indirect measurement. After working the 3 problems for practice, then head outside to measure how tall the school's flagpole is. We are using indirect measurement as an application of trig functions. **can be used as a group project for measuring other tall items outdoor Materials needed for activity: • Tape Measure • Clinometer/hypsometer • Measuring tape Answers to worksheet: Example: 10 m 1. 15.5 ft 2. 19.3 m You can earn FREE TPT money b