So where are you going to put all your Halloween candy? A guy named Deric Peace emptied the ice out of his freezer and filled it with candy pieces. Now when he pushes a glass against the door, his cup fills up not with ice cubes, but with frozen Reese’s Pieces! Americans buy 600 million pounds of candy every Halloween, so we might all need to try this.
Wee ones: If Deric’s freezer lets out orange, yellow and brown Reese’s Pieces, how many colors is that?
Little kids: If instead Deric filled the machine with M&Ms and they have twice as many colors as the 3 Reese’s colors, how many colors of frozen M&Ms do you get to eat? Bonus: If you eat 2 of each color, how many M&Ms do your teeth get to crunch?
Big kids: Of the 600 million pounds of candy bought every Halloween, 1/3 of that is candy corn (which might work well in the ice dispenser, too). How many pounds of candy corn does the country buy? Bonus: If each of America’s 320 million people puts 1/2 pound of candy corn in the freezer, how many pounds of candy corn are still sitting around at room temperature?
Answers:
Wee ones: 3 colors.
Little kids: 6 colors. Bonus: 12 rock-hard M&Ms.
Big kids: 200 million pounds. Bonus: 40 million pounds, since the 320 million people will freeze 160 million pounds.
