Data & Tally Charts — Answer Key
Part A: Trace the Words
Trace each word carefully by following the dotted lines.
1. tally
2. five
3. mark
4. count
5. line
6. group
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. Four straight lines plus one crossing line make 5.
A full tally group has four upright strokes crossed by a fifth slanted stroke, equaling five.
2. Three straight tally marks stand for the number 3.
Tallies below five are just single upright strokes, so three lines mean three.
3. To show the number 5 in tallies we draw four lines and cross one.
Crossing the fifth stroke helps us count quickly by fives instead of ones.
4. A full crossed tally group always equals 5.
Grouping by fives makes tally totals faster to read than counting each stroke alone.
Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1. Four upright lines with one slanted line across them equal five.
True False
The crossing stroke is the fifth tally, so the whole bundle stands for the number five.
2. Two tally marks equal the number four.
True False
Two straight tally lines mean two, not four, because each line stands for one item.
3. Tallies are useful for counting things quickly in a group.
True False
Tallies let us add one mark at a time and then skip-count by fives to find totals.