Tally Chart Practice
A Grade 5 math worksheet focusing on creating, reading, and interpreting tally charts.
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Tally Chart Practice
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Read each question carefully and follow the instructions to create or interpret tally charts.
1. A group of students voted for their favorite fruit. Here are the results:
Apple, Orange, Banana, Apple, Grape, Orange, Apple, Banana, Grape, Apple, Orange, Apple, Banana, Grape, Orange
Create a tally chart to represent this data. Remember to use groups of five for your tallies.
Favorite Fruit Tally Chart
Fruit
Tally
Apple
Orange
Banana
Grape
Use the tally chart below to answer questions 2 and 3.
Pets Owned by Students
Pet
Tally
Dog
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Cat
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Fish
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Bird
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2. How many students own a cat?
5
6
7
8
3. Which pet is owned by the most students?
Dog
Cat
Fish
Bird
4. Complete the tally chart below by filling in the missing tallies or frequencies.
Favorite Colors
Color
Tally
Frequency
Red
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Blue
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Green
6
Yellow
2
5. A teacher recorded the number of books read by students in a month. Here is the tally chart:
Books Read in a Month
Number of Books
Tally
1
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2
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3
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4 or more
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a) How many students read exactly 2 books?
b) How many students read 3 books?
c) What is the total number of students who participated in the survey?
6. A tally chart is a good way to show data that changes over time.
True
False
7. In a tally chart, four vertical lines with a diagonal line across them represents a count of 5.
True
False