Free worksheets · Grade 1
Read a Tally Chart Worksheet
Count the tallies for one row of a chart and write how many.
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Read a Tally Chart
12 questions, one page, US Letter. Print it and do it on paper.
On the sheet: Count the bundles first: each bundle of lines crossed through is five. Count on by ones for each line on its own. Write how many.
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About this worksheet
A tally chart records a count in bundles of five: four lines and a fifth across them. Counting the bundles by fives and then the single lines is quicker than counting every line.
Reading one row at a time, for the item the question names, is the start of reading graphs and data.
A worked example
Soccer: one bundle and 1. Tag: 2. Jump rope: 3. How many chose jump rope?
- Find the jump rope row.
- There are no bundles.
- Count the lines on their own: 3.
Answer: 3
The common mistake
What it looks like: Counting the crossing line of a bundle as a sixth line, so a bundle reads 6.
Why it happens: Every line looks the same, and the one across is easy to count with the rest.
How to fix it: Point to each bundle and say "five," then count on by ones for the lines on their own.
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