Tally Marks — 50 — free printable diagram

How do you show 50 in tally marks?

These tally marks stand for 50. They are drawn as 10 groups of five with no single marks left over, so counting in fives gives 50.

Number shown

50

In words

fifty

Groups of five

10

Single marks

0

As a sum

(5 × 10) + 0 = 50

• A tally is drawn in fives: four upright strokes, then a fifth stroke struck diagonally across them to close the group. Counting the closed groups in fives is faster and less error-prone than counting every mark.
• Counting the groups in fives gives 5 × 10 = 50, which is 50.
• In other words 50 = (5 × 10) + 0, which is what dividing 50 by 5 tells you: 10 remainder 0.