Tally marks and Pictographs

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What are tally marks?

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Tally marks are a way to count and record numbers using lines. Each group of five lines is counted as one group.

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How do you read a pictograph?

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A pictograph uses pictures or symbols to represent data. Each picture stands for a certain number of items.

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What does each ball represent in a voting pictograph?

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Each ball represents 1 vote.

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How do you find out how many more students like one thing than another using tally marks?

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Count the tally marks for each item and subtract the smaller number from the larger number.

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If 6 students like chocolate bars, how can we show this with tally marks?

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You can draw 6 tally marks, grouping them in sets of five.

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What is the most popular fruit if 4 students like bananas, 6 like apples, and 2 like grapes?

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The most popular fruit is apples, as 6 students like them.

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How can you represent 8 farm animals in a pictograph?

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You can use 8 pictures of animals to show that Richard has 8 farm animals.

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What is the purpose of using pictographs?

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Pictographs help to visualize data and make it easier to understand.

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How many more students like grapes than watermelon if grapes have 5 tally marks and watermelon has 2?

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3 more students like grapes than watermelon.

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What is a key feature of tally marks?

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A key feature of tally marks is that every fifth mark is drawn as a diagonal line across the previous four.