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📊 1st grade math · Data & Chance

Tally charts

Four lines and a slash make a group of 5. Count the 5s first, then the lines left over: 5, 10, 11, 12.

Worked example

Which group has the most?
Fruit at snack timegrapesapples
Answer: apples
Compare the groups: grapes 7, apples 10. Apples has the most.

For grown-ups: Organise and interpret data in up to 3 categories. Below: three problems to try with the worked answers, and a free printable sheet. Children can practise the same skill as a game, with no sign-up and no ads.

  • CCSS 1.MD.C.4
What this practises, for teachers

Practices organise and interpret data in up to 3 categories (1.MD.C.4). A printable sheet with its answer key, worked answers on the page, no accounts.

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🖨️ Printable sheet and key

Try three

  1. Which group has the most?
    Cubes in the binpurple cubesyellow cubes
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: purple cubes
    Compare the groups: purple cubes 8, yellow cubes 6. Purple cubes has the most.
  2. How many windy days are there?
    Weather this monthwindy dayssnowy dayssunny days
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: 16
    Count the tally marks in the row: each group of 5 is 5, then count on the rest. That is 16. Answer: 16.
  3. How many apples are there?
    Fruit at snack timeapplesbananasoranges
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: 27
    Count the tally marks in the row: each group of 5 is 5, then count on the rest. That is 27. Answer: 27.

Before and after

Learn first: Sort and count (K)

Comes next: Picture and bar graphs (2nd)

Name: ____________________Date: ____________Score: ____ / 12

Tally charts (1st grade)

  1. How many snowy days are there?
    Weather this monthsnowy dayssunny days
  2. How many pears are there?
    Fruit at snack timebananaspears
  3. How many fish are there?
    Pets in our classrabbitsfish
  4. How many apples are there?
    Fruit at snack timepearsapples
  5. How many more bananas than pears?
    Fruit at snack timeorangesbananaspears
  6. How many more finches than blue jays?
    Birds at the feederfincheswrensblue jays
  7. Which group has the fewest?
    Birds at the feederrobinssparrowsblue jays
  8. How many more oranges than apples?
    Fruit at snack timebananasapplesoranges
  9. How many fewer cloudy days than sunny days?
    Weather this monthcloudy dayswindy dayssunny days
  10. How many more purple cubes than green cubes?
    Cubes in the bingreen cubesblue cubespurple cubes
  11. How many more pears than apples?
    Fruit at snack timepearsapplesgrapes
  12. How many pieces of fruit are there in all?
    Fruit at snack timeorangesgrapesbananas

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 3
  4. 2
  5. 3
  6. 8
  7. blue jays
  8. 7
  9. 8
  10. 3
  11. 3
  12. 72

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