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Collecting Data with Tallies
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Collecting Data with Tallies
Tevita and Losa watched planes arrive at the airport. Use their tally chart to answer the questions. Remember: a group of four tallies is crossed by a fifth tally.
Read the tally chart
Each tally stands for one plane.
Plane colour
Tallies
Total
Blue
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7
Red
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5
White
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3
Green
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6
1.How many planes did Tevita and Losa count altogether? Add the four totals.
2.Which plane colour was spotted most often?
- Blue
- Red
- White
- Green
3.Which plane colour was spotted least often?
4.How many more blue planes than red planes did they count?
Make and use tallies
Show your thinking with neat groups of five where you can.
5.At the next count, Tevita sees 4 more green planes. Write the new green tally marks and the new total.
6.Draw tally marks to show 8 passengers carrying suitcases. Group the tallies in fives.
7.Losa counted 13 passengers wearing hats. How many full groups of five tallies can she make, and how many tallies are left over?
8.A new plane colour has 9 tallies. Which is the correct way to write the tally marks?
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9.A friend says, “A group of five tallies means five planes.” Is the friend correct? Explain what the crossing tally tells you.
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