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title: 'M&M’s Mega'
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date: '2014-05-30'
description: "\"'M&M's Mega' To Have Three Times More Chocolate.\" Oh brother here we go again. http://t.co/zrBE5tZ3Al /cc @dandersod — Dan Meyer (@ddmeyer) May 16, 2014 3x the Chocolate? What a great Calculus activity (hint: rotational volumes). Cross sections with an exacto: …"
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# M&M’s Mega

### [M&M’s Mega](https://blog.recursiveprocess.com/2014/05/30/mms-mega)

   May 30, 2014, 12:00 am  

[![mms](https://blog.recursiveprocess.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mms.jpg)](https://blog.recursiveprocess.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mms.jpg)
[![2014-05-30_12h04_10](https://blog.recursiveprocess.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2014-05-30_12h04_10.png)](https://blog.recursiveprocess.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2014-05-30_12h04_10.png)

> "'M&M's Mega' To Have Three Times More Chocolate." Oh brother here we go again. <http://t.co/zrBE5tZ3Al> /cc [@dandersod](https://twitter.com/dandersod)
> 
> — Dan Meyer (@ddmeyer) [May 16, 2014](https://twitter.com/ddmeyer/statuses/467423496944238592)

## 3x the Chocolate?

What a great Calculus activity (hint: rotational volumes).
Cross sections with an exacto:

### M&M

[![mmcrosssection](https://blog.recursiveprocess.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mmcrosssection-300x166.png)](https://blog.recursiveprocess.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mmcrosssection.png)

### M&M Mega

[![megammcrosssection](https://blog.recursiveprocess.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/megammcrosssection-300x145.png)](https://blog.recursiveprocess.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/megammcrosssection.png)

What shape fits best? Click on image to get directly to the [desmos](http://desmos.com/calculator/) interactive.
[![2014-05-30_11h33_58](https://blog.recursiveprocess.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2014-05-30_11h33_58.png)](https://www.desmos.com/calculator/n0ft5obbn9)
Pretty good fit.
Here’s the data for each type. I used a caliper to measure the dimensions.
[![2014-05-30_11h36_32](https://blog.recursiveprocess.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2014-05-30_11h36_32.png)](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QP6t7SjfTUoNZDRJA12nI56F2ffZt8tlPJKa_6e9kaw/edit?usp=sharing)

To account for the candy shell you can measure pixels in an image manipulation program. If you’d like to follow along at home, the M&M Mega has a thickness of 404 pixels, and the chocolate only (no shell) has a thickness of 333 pixels. The regular M&M has a thickness of 251 pixels, and a chocolate thickness of 210 pixels.

You have enough information to do some damage, go ahead and see if the M&M’s Mega truly have **3x** the chocolate of the regular M&M’s.

## Results

M&M Mega volume of 1,423 mm^3.
[![megammwork](https://blog.recursiveprocess.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/megammwork-1024x728.jpg)](https://blog.recursiveprocess.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/megammwork.jpg)
Regular M&M volume of 474.8 mm^3.
[![mmwork](https://blog.recursiveprocess.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mmwork-1024x742.jpg)](https://blog.recursiveprocess.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mmwork.jpg)

Fun. Great activity for calculus.
*Phew, [no fox news.](https://blog.recursiveprocess.com/2013/03/03/oreo-original-vs-double-vs-mega/)*

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