Question

review of essential skills and problem solving
interpreting a tally table
ali asked his classmates to choose their favorite flavor. he ended up with the tally table below.
how many students chose cherry?

flavor	tally
cherry
vanilla
grape

Explanation:

Step1: Recall tally - mark value

In a tally - mark system, a group of 5 is represented by a diagonal line across four vertical lines. Each group of 5 plus individual vertical lines is counted.

Step2: Count cherry's tally marks

The tally for cherry is three groups of 5 (since there are three sets of the diagonal - across - four - vertical - lines pattern). So, \(3\times5=15\).

Answer:

15