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Numicon to Tally Marks

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Numicon to Tally Marks

At low tide, Harrison, Sione and Ari count what they spot in a rock pool. Count each group, then use tally marks. A fifth tally mark goes across the first four.

Count and record

Use the Numicon-style dot groups as counters. Count the dots in each group.

1.Harrison spots this many sea snails. How many are there?
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
2.Sione sees 3 tiny crabs. Write tally marks to show 3 crabs.
3.Ari counts 7 limpets. Choose the tally marks that show 7.
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4.Draw tally marks for 6 items. Remember to cross the first four marks with the fifth mark.
5.The children count 5 pāua shells. Which statement is true?
  • 5 is one full group of tally marks.
  • 5 is five groups of tally marks.
  • 5 has no tally marks.

Rock-pool tally chart

The children sorted their finds. Read the counts and fill in each tally group.

Find

How many?

Tally marks

Crabs

4

Write the tally marks

Sea stars

8

Write the tally marks

Limpets

2

Write the tally marks

6.Which of the three finds had the largest count?
7.How many crabs and limpets did they count altogether?
8.True or false: The tally marks for 8 make one group of 5 and 3 extra marks.
TrueFalse
9.Make up one more rock-pool find to count. Write its name, choose a number from 1 to 10, and draw the matching tally marks.

3 printable pages

  • Numicon to Tally Marks, page 1 of 3: Count and record

    Page 1

  • Numicon to Tally Marks, page 2 of 3: Rock-pool tally chart

    Page 2

  • Numicon to Tally Marks, page 3 of 3: 6. Which of the three finds had the largest count?

    Page 3

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