Question

jane asked her classmates to choose their favorite fruit. she ended up with the tally table below. how many students chose apples?

fruit

tally

grapes

peaches

bananas

apples

oranges

Explanation:

Step1: Count the tally marks for apples

Each vertical line represents 1 student and a group of 5 is represented by a diagonal line across 4 vertical lines. For apples, we have two groups of 5 (10) and 3 single lines.
$5 + 5+3$

Step2: Calculate the sum

$10 + 3=13$

Answer:

13