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Interpret Tally Charts

📊 Tally charts count data with quick marks. Every 5th mark crosses the group.

Lesson 4

Concept

Tally marks are grouped in fives: |||| = 4 ||||/ = 5 To read a tally chart: 1. Read category name 2. Count tally marks carefully 3. Compare categories (most/least) Example: Apples: ||||/ || = 7 Bananas: |||| = 4

Try it

Read this tally data: Cats: ||||/ | Dogs: ||||/ ||| Fish: ||| 1. How many cats? 2. How many dogs? 3. Which has least? 4. How many total pets? 5. How many more dogs than fish?