Types of fruit

Types of fruit

Pencil and paper
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This task is about creating a tally chart.

Complete a tally for of each kind of fruit in the box above and write in the total number of each kind. Both the tally and total for each kind of fruit must be completed.  

Fruit Tally Total
apple     
lemon     
banana     
strawberry     
pear     
watermelon     

 

Task administration: 
This task is completed with pencil and paper only.
Levels:
1, 2
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Statistics, Statistical investigations
Keywords: 
tally charts, table construction
Description of task: 
Students complete a chart showing the tally and total for different kinds of fruit.
Curriculum Links: 
This resource can be used to help to identify students' ability to construct a tally chart.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Statistical investigations, sets 1-2
Statistical investigations, set 3
within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
 

Y6 (12/1998)
Correctly using tally format, e.g.,

Fruit

 Total
apple 7
lemon 3
banana 12
strawberry 4
pear 3
watermelon 5
very easy

6 correct – very easy

4-5 correct – very easy

 

Diagnostic and formative information: 
Common errors
Not grouping tally marks into 5's (or 10's), e.g.,
Drawing the actual fruit (as a pictogram) rather than making a tally.