Tally Marks/Charts

Front

What are tally marks?

Back

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

Front

How do you represent the number 6 using tally marks?

Back

You draw five lines for the first group and one line crossing it for the sixth: |||||/.

Front

What does each group of five tally marks look like?

Back

It looks like four vertical lines and one diagonal line crossing them: |||||.

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How many tally marks are needed to show the number 4?

Back

You need four vertical lines: ||||.

Front

If you have 3 tally marks, what number does that represent?

Back

It represents the number 3.

Front

How can you use tally marks to count students?

Back

You can draw a tally mark for each student as you count them.

Front

What is the purpose of using tally marks?

Back

Tally marks help us count and keep track of numbers easily.

Front

If 6 students like grapes, how would you show that with tally marks?

Back

You would draw |||||/.

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How many tally marks would you draw for 2 students?

Back

You would draw two vertical lines: ||.

Front

If 4 children chose math and 2 chose science, how many more chose math?

Back

2 children chose more math than science.