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Elementary Mathematics

Lesson 118

Make Frequency Tables

Tally and table

Frequency tables

Tally marks for apples, books and pencils become numbers in a table.

Frequency tables

apples5books3pencils7Tally each item.Group tallies in fives.Count each row.Write the totals: the frequency table.5, 3, 7
Frequency tables.
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Conceptual model: a simplified teaching picture.

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A picture shows 5 apples, 3 books and 7 pencils. Make a tally mark for each one.

How many tally marks for pencils?

Every fifth tally crosses the four before it, so we can count in fives.