Tally Marks

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What are tally marks?

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

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How do you represent the number 1 in tally marks?

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One tally mark is represented by a single vertical line: |.

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How do you represent the number 5 in tally marks?

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Five tally marks are represented by four vertical lines crossed by a diagonal line: ||||\.

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What does a group of five tally marks look like?

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A group of five tally marks looks like this: ||||\.

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How many tally marks are in a group of ten?

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A group of ten tally marks consists of two groups of five: ||||\ ||||\.

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If you have three tally marks, how do you write it?

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Three tally marks are written as: |||.

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How do you count tally marks?

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You count tally marks by grouping them in sets of five and then adding the remaining marks.

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What is the total of ||||\ |||?

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The total is 8 tally marks.

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If you see ||||\ ||||\ ||, how many tally marks are there?

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There are 12 tally marks.

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What does ||| represent?

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||| represents the number 3.