Tally chart and bar graph worksheets

Collecting and reading data is part of every primary curriculum, and children enjoy it because the questions are about them: favourite fruit, pets, sports and colours. Tally marks teach counting in groups of five, which is faster and safer than counting one by one. Bar graphs then turn those counts into a picture you can compare at a glance. The three levels go from tally marks, to reading a finished bar graph, to drawing one from a tally chart.

📊 Best for ages 6–9

How to get the most from these sheets

• Show how a gate of five is drawn: four sticks, then one line across them.
• To count tallies, count the gates in fives (5, 10, 15) and then the single sticks.
• When drawing a bar, use a ruler and stop exactly on the line of the right number.
• Make your own survey at home or in class and draw it on the back of the sheet.

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