USING TALLY CHARTS

You can also show the different ways to make an amount with a
tally chart.
Example

Let’s record the 4 ways you can make 27¢. An X in the box means
the amount is zero.

How many Quarters Dimes Nickels Pennies Total

ways?

1st 27¢

2nd 27¢

3rd 27¢

4th 27¢

Fill in the tally chart.

1) Find 3 ways to make 45¢.

How many
ways? Quarters Dimes Nickels Total

1st 45¢
_____ _____ _____

2nd 45¢
_____ _____ _____

3rd 45¢
_____ _____ _____
 Now, let’s find how many more coins are needed on a tally chart.
Suppose you have 2 dimes. Then, how many more coins do you need to
make 50¢? Let’s look at the example.

Example

Record the 3 ways you can make 50¢. Find how many quarters
and nickels you need for each way.

How many
ways? Quarters Dimes Nickels Total

1st l 50¢
l
2nd 50¢
llll
3rd 50¢
ll

Fill in the tally chart.

2) Use the given number of coins to make 40¢.

How many
ways? Quarters Dimes Nickels Total

1st 40¢
_____ _____

2nd 40¢
_____ _____

3rd 40¢
_____ _____

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WAYS TO MAKE THE SAME VALUE
You can make the same amount using $1, $5, and $10 bills.

You can also write any dollar

amount using a decimal point.

$14 = $14.00

= =

$14 $14 $14

You can show different ways to make dollar amounts. Let’s look at
two examples.

Example 1

Let’s fill in the chart to show 3 ways you can make $21.

How many
ways? $10 $5 $1 Total

1st 2 0 1 $21

2nd 1 2 1 $21

3rd 0 4 1 $21
 Example 2

Can you show how many more of each bill is needed to make $15?

How many
$10 $5 $1 Total
ways?

1st 1 $15
1
_____ 0
_____

2nd 2 $15
0
_____ 5
_____

3rd 0 $15
1
_____ 5
_____

Fill in the charts.

1) Find 3 ways to make $38.

How many
ways? $10 $5 $1 Total

1st $38
_____ _____ _____

2nd $38
_____ _____ _____

3rd $38
_____ _____ _____
2) Find 3 ways to make $42.

How many
ways? $10 $5 $1 Total

1st $42
_____ _____ _____

2nd $42
_____ _____ _____

3rd $42
_____ _____ _____

3) Use the given number of dollars to make $11.

How many
ways? $10 $5 $1 Total

1st 1 $11
_____ _____

2nd 2 $11
_____ _____

3rd 6 $11
_____ _____
4) Use the given number of dollars to make $17.

How many
ways? $10 $5 $1 Total

1st 1 2 $17
_____

2nd 0 2 $17
_____

3rd 1 0 $17
_____

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