Tally charts
The question
How many fewer chose cycling than chose football?
Our favorite sport
How it works.
key:1 = 1 vote
Football:10 drawn→10 votes
Swimming:4 drawn→4 votes
Running:2 drawn→2 votes
Cycling:5 drawn→5 votes
Tennis:9 drawn→9 votes
Football:10 drawn→10 votes
Swimming:4 drawn→4 votes
Running:2 drawn→2 votes
Cycling:5 drawn→5 votes
Tennis:9 drawn→9 votes
5 votes
- 01
Read the marks before the question. Tallies bundle in FIVES — four upright and one diagonal across them — so a bundle plus two is 7, not 6 and not 12.
- 02
So the counts read straight off: Football 10, Swimming 4, Running 2, Cycling 5, Tennis 9.
- 03
Now the question, on the NUMBERS rather than the marks: Cycling is 10 − 5 = 5 fewer than Football. So the answer is 5 votes.