M&M Math

Math is a lot more fun when M&Ms® are involved! Whether children are practicing their addition skills with a M&M® domino activity, or learning to estimate and sort objects, this resource is guaranteed to engage your class in...

First graders create number sentences.  In this math lesson, 1st graders use M&M's to make number sentences.  Students create charts using the color of the M&M's as data.

In this math skills instructional activity, students solve the 7 problems on this page using a variety of math skills. On this instructional activity, students work with charts, estimating, fractions, and shapes.

Students use M & M candy to add, graph, sort and estimate. In this M & M math lesson, students listen to a read aloud of the M&M Counting Book before working at four stations. They estimate the number of candies in a bag,...

Math never tasted so good! M&M candy is used to complete problems and graphs. They sort the candy based on color, make estimations about their numbers, determine relationships between the numbers, write fractions, make graphs for the...

Students complete a math activity.  For this counting lesson, students read a counting book and complete an activity using M&M's where they practice estimating, sorting, graphing and adding.

Students research number values by participating in a candy exercise. In this math function instructional activity, students utilize baking ingredients to create cookies and multiply how many M&M's will go into the batch if you want...

Here is another version of the classic M&M math lesson. In this one, upper graders utilize the ClarisWorks Spreadsheet program in order to document the data they come up with from their bags of M&M's. After making their initial...

Fifth graders count, sort, and classify M&M's by color. They use their data to create a pictograph, bar graph, circle graph, and in small groups analyze the data and create a graph on a math website. They also determine the ratio...

Students develop mathematical awareness. In this early math lesson, students predict the number of M&M candies in a bag, sort them into colors, and count them.