Interpret tally charts
Learn with an example
Keith brought some drinks to the beach. This tally chart shows how many of each type of drink he brought.
🖊️Which drink did Keith bring fewer of?
Count the tally marks for each type of drink.
Keith brought these drinks:
2 sodas
5 bottles of water
2 is less than 5.
Keith brought fewer sodas.
Grace put fruit in a smoothie. This tally chart shows how many of each type of fruit she used.
🖊️Which fruit did Grace use fewer of?
Count the tally marks for each type of fruit.
Grace used this fruit:
5 oranges
3 bananas
3 is less than 5.
Grace used fewer bananas.
Nell fed her pony some snacks. This tally chart shows how many of each type of snack her pony got.
🖊️How many more apples than carrots did the pony get?________
Count the tally marks for apples and carrots.
Nell’s pony got these snacks:
5 apples
3 carrots
Subtract to find the difference.
5–3=2
The pony got 2 more apples than carrots.
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