Skittles Estimation

Today we were doing Maths and we were learning about fractions and making percentage into fractions. After that we were doing the Skittles Estimation which means we had to guess how many skittles are in the jar. Our first estimate was, by looking at the picture we then estimate it that 11 skittles in each bags and 50 bags of skittles were put in the jar. Our second estimate was to find how many packets they put in the jar. We then estimated that there were 50 packets of skittles that were put in. We found out that there was actually 58 packets of skittles and in each one there was 14 skittles. The skittles were then divided into groups of 10, by length there was 10 rows and by width there was 8 rows. Our last estimate was 10 x 80 = 800, 800 + 50 + 3= 853. We later found out that the skittles are measured by weight not by the amount.