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Exploring Tally Charts

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Exploring Tally Charts

Mele, Freya and Tui are travelling around Aotearoa. At each stop they record the birds they spot. Read the tally chart carefully, then solve the questions. Remember: the fifth tally crosses the first four to make a group of five.

Birds spotted at the lookout

The travellers counted each bird once. The tally chart shows their results.

Bird

Tally marks

Number spotted

Tūī

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7

Kererū

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9

Pīwakawaka (fantail)

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6

Kea

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4

Read the results

Use the chart above for Questions 1–6.

1.How many tūī did the travellers spot? Write the total.
2.Which bird was spotted most often?
3.Which bird was spotted least often?
4.How many birds did the travellers spot altogether? Show or explain your addition.
5.How many more kererū than kea were spotted?
6.True or false: the travellers spotted more tūī than pīwakawaka.
TrueFalse

Make a tally chart

At the next stop, the travellers see 8 seals, 5 dolphins and 3 penguins. Complete the chart. Use a diagonal slash for every fifth tally, then write each total.

Animal

Tally marks

Total

Seals

Dolphins

Penguins

7.How many animals did they see at this stop altogether?
8.Write one sentence comparing the number of seals and penguins. Include how many more seals there were.

3 printable pages

  • Exploring Tally Charts, page 1 of 3: Birds spotted at the lookout, Read the results

    Page 1

  • Exploring Tally Charts, page 2 of 3: Make a tally chart

    Page 2

  • Exploring Tally Charts, page 3 of 3: 7. How many animals did they see at this stop altogether?

    Page 3

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