We finally live in a neighborhood perfect for trick or treating on Halloween! What does that mean? Lots and lots of candy. 75 pieces to be exact! Now, we aren’t a huge candy eating family, nor do we want 75 pieces of candy hanging around. So we decided a few Candy Math Games that involved a bit of taste testing and sampling as we went along before the Great Pumpkin came along this year.
CANDY MATH WITH LEFTOVER HALLOWEEN CANDY
CANDY MATH ACTIVITIES YOU CAN DO AT HOME!
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- Weigh your bucket of candy.
- Count candy pieces.
- Compare the weight of an apple {or other healthy food item} to your candy pile.
- Sort candy by type.
- Graph candy by type.
- make a candy math grid game for counting to 20.
- Make sure to try our awesome candy experiments too!
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1. HOW MUCH DOES YOUR CANDY WEIGH?
We started off our candy math activities by weighing our loot on an inexpensive home food scale. Of course we had eaten a bit of candy Halloween night, so I definitely feel like we had closer to 2.5 lbs of goodies. The next step was to count all the pieces individually for a grand total of 75!
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2. CANDY V APPLE
Next we used our manual scale to compare the weight of an apple to the weight of the candy. How many pieces of candy equal the weight of an apple? Why does an apple weigh more? Great ways to talk about healthy eating with kids!
INVESTIGATING THE WEIGHT OF CANDY
Our basic scale wasn’t completely accurate for my son, so he wanted to use our digital scale to get an exact comparison. First we weighed the apple. Then we added candy to the scale to try and match the apple’s weight. We also tried different assortments of candy, like just chocolate bars or just Starbursts.
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3. GRAPH YOUR CANDY
Investigate which candy you have the most of. Start out by sorting each candy into types. You can draw some conclusions about which candies are more popular on Halloween or which are your favorite because you chose them.
We brought the sorted piles down to the floor and made a simple graph. We started with a large pile and placed them down on the floor. This served as a guide for laying out the other pieces of candy so that we could get a more accurate visual of the amounts in each column.
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Be prepared to offer a treat during these candy Math activities!
4. CANDY MATH GAME
We have done tons of these One to Twenty candy Math games over the last couple years and they are so easy to make for the different holiday or seasons. I printed out this blank grid and put it in a page protector.
We picked out the smaller pieces of candy and used a die. Roll and fill in the grid. I also use this as an opportunity to ask how many are left or how many have we filled in already.
Grab some dice and get started! Print out a few grids to count all the candy!
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Once you have finished up all of these fun candy Math activities, why not try out some candy science!
CANDY MATH AND HALLOWEEN CANDY GAMES
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