1st grade tally charts worksheets

The kind of problems you'll get

Every print pulls a fresh set of problems at this level, so a make-up test or a second sibling never gets the same sheet.

What's on each sheet

• Fluency. Use each tally chart to answer the question. 6 questions per page.

Every version prints on US Letter or A4, with its answer key on the last page.

How to teach this

Have your child touch each crossed bundle and say five, ten before counting the loose marks one at a time. If a count comes out one too high, the diagonal stroke got counted twice. Circle a bundle together and count its five strokes slowly. For the which-had-most question, ask them to point at the longest row before answering.

Watch for: Kids count the diagonal cross as a sixth mark. The cross is the fifth stroke, so a crossed bundle is exactly 5. Kids count each bundle as one instead of five. Skip count the groups by fives first, then add the leftover marks.

Common questions about tally charts

What does a worksheet look like?

Each problem is a small tally chart with three categories and counts up to 10, plus one question with a line for the answer: how many chose one category, or which had the most.

Why tally marks instead of plain numbers?

Tallies bundle counting into groups of five, an early step toward skip counting. Reading a crossed bundle as five without recounting it is the whole skill.

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