Smarties

Using Smarties to Calculate Decimals, Percentages and Fractions 1. List the different c oloured Smarties that you have. 2. Count all the Smarties in the packet. 3. Count all of the different colours and fill in a table. 4. Each colour Smartie is a fract ion of the whole packet, work out what fraction each Smartie is. To work this out you simply put the number of the colour you have counted (the part) over the total number of Smarties (the whole). Remember that a fraction is a part of a whole. 5. Convert these fractions into decimals. To do this follo w the instructions your teacher has given you. 6. Use the information you have just discovered to create a new advertisement for Smarties. Your advertisement could be a movie, magazine ad, poster or radio ad.