I conducted an experiment for my school science fair on
"How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll® center
of a Tootsie Roll Pop®?". I had 22 volunteers in an age range
of 12-13 yrs. lick Tootsie Roll Pops® and see how many licks it took
; Here are my results:
Flavor | # Licks |
Orange | 237 |
Chocolate | 241 |
Cherry | 270 |
Chocolate | 286 |
Cherry | 290 |
Grape | 327 |
Grape | 350 |
Cherry | 350 |
Raspberry | 353 |
Cherry | 370 |
Grape | 390 |
Cherry | 416 |
Cherry | 420 |
Chocolate | 430 |
Cherry | 470 |
Grape | 480 |
Cherry | 543 |
Chocolate | 634 |
Raspberry | 770 |
Grape | 808 |
Grape | 1550 |
Orange | 2000 |
AVERAGE = | 544.7727 |
The average amount of licks for 12 year olds was 558 (rounded) and the average licks for 13 year olds was 513. The average amount of licks for boys was 649 (rounded) and the average licks for girls was 420 (rounded).