Bar graph and tally chart template
Count with tally marks, then draw the bars.
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Example
Example: a first-grade apple-tasting vote, counted in tallies and drawn as bars
On apple-tasting day a class of 22 tries four apples and votes for a favorite. On the sheet: Tally chart and bar graph; category names Honeycrisp, Gala, Granny Smith and Red Delicious, one per line; axis up to 10; title “Our Favorite Apple”; US Letter.
- The title is printed at the top with Name and Date lines under it, so each child can keep a copy.
- The tally chart comes first: a row for each apple, a wide Tally column for the marks and a narrow Total column.
- Under it, the bar graph: the axis runs from 0 to 10 in ones with a faint line at every number, and each apple’s name sits under its bar.
- The children make a tally mark for every vote, write each total, then colour each bar up to its total.
| Apple | Votes | Bar coloured up to |
|---|---|---|
| Honeycrisp | 9 | the 9 line |
| Gala | 6 | the 6 line |
| Granny Smith | 4 | the 4 line |
| Red Delicious | 3 | the 3 line |
Honeycrisp wins with 9 of the 22 votes. No total passes 10, so the axis to 10 lets every bar end exactly on a line; had one apple drawn 11 votes or more, “20 (in twos)” would be the axis to pick. On the free plan a small line with our name is printed at the foot.
How it works
- Choose a tally chart, a bar graph, or both on one sheet.
- Type the categories — favourite fruit, pets, weather — or leave them blank to write in.
- Choose how far the axis goes.
- Download and print.
Frequently asked questions
- How is the axis numbered?
- Up to 10 in ones, to 20 in twos, to 50 in fives and to 100 in tens, with a faint line at every step so the bars are easy to read off.
- What is in the tally chart?
- A row for each category, a wide column for the tally marks and a narrow one for the total.
- Can the children fill in the categories?
- Yes. Leave the names empty and choose how many: each bar gets a line underneath to write on, and the chart gets empty rows.
- Which axis should I choose?
- The first one above your largest total. Up to 10 in ones suits a small group, or a survey where no answer gets more than ten votes; 20 in twos covers a whole class where one answer could take most of the votes; 50 in fives and 100 in tens are for counts across a grade or a school.
- How many categories can I have?
- Up to 10. Typed names come first, one per line, and anything after the tenth is left off. With no names typed, choose 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 or 10, and you get that many empty rows and bars with lines to write on.
- Is anything uploaded?
- No. The sheet is made in your browser. On the free plan a small line with our name is printed at the foot of the last page.