Name ________________

Tally Marks and Bar Graphs Date _________________

Date ________
Directions:

 Roll a 6-sided dice 100 times.

 Use tally marks to record the results that you rolled.
The title of your chart
Write a title of this should allow anyone who
column…what does these reads it to know exactly
numbers represent? _____________________________ what it is about.
(Title of Chart)

Tally Marks Number

Don’t forget, tally

marks cross at 5…
l l l l
Questions about your data…

1. What number did you roll the most?

2. What number do you think should have been rolled the most? Why?
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 Now let’s create a bar graph of your data.

A Bar Graph (also called Bar Chart) is a graphical display of data using bars of
different heights. You can create a vertical bar (bars go up and down graph
or a horizontal bar graph (bars go left to right).

The title of your graph

What axis is this? ______________________________ should allow anyone who
(Title of Bar Graph) reads it to know exactly
______________________ what it is about.
title on the y-axis…the line on a graph that runs
What does each number stand for? Write in a

vertically (up-down) through zero

Determine your scale –

how are you going to What axis is this?
count? By 2s? By 5s? By
10s? The must be by even _______________
increments. __

What does each bar stand for? Write in a title

on the x-axis…The line on a graph that runs
horizontally (left-right) through zero.

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 Now let’s do some probability for your data. Probability is how we can say how likely is
something going to happen.

Using your tally chart, complete the following.

Theoretical Probability – What we think will happen based on all the outcomes

Number on Die How many outcomes? How Number of Rolls as a percent

many are one the dice? (Top number ÷ bottom number x 100)

1
6 (total numbers on die)

Experimental Probability – What actually happenes during an experiment

Number on Die Number of Times Fraction out of 100 Rolls Number of Rolls as
Rolled a percent

1 %
100

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 Questions about probability…

1. What is your theoretical probability of rolling a 6?

2. What is you experimental probability of rolling a 6?

3. How do the experimental and theoretical results compare for rolling a

6?

4. Which number did you roll the most?

5. If you did the experiment again, would you expect the same results?
Explain.

6. Based on your experimental results, if you rolled the die 200 times,
record what you would expect.

Number on Die Number of Times Fraction out of 100 Rolls Number of Rolls as
Rolled a percent

1 %
100

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