What is on each sheet?

A box of scattered pictures to count, a picture graph or tally chart to fill in, and three questions: how many of one picture, which has the most, and how many more one has than another.

Which is harder, the graph or the tally?

The picture graph is easier: one square for each picture. Tally charts add grouping in fives and writing a total, which suits Primary 1 and 2.

Do the questions have one answer?

Yes. Every picture has a different count, so “the most” always has one answer.

Can each child get a different sheet?

Yes. Choose 5, 10 or 25 versions; every version has different pictures and counts.

Pictogram and Tally Chart Worksheets: Count, Graph and Tally

From counting to data

Graphs start with counting, then turn the counts into something you can compare at a glance. These sheets do both on one page, then ask questions that need the graph to answer.

Talk about the graph

Ask which bar is tallest and how they can tell without counting, and what a new picture would do to the graph.

In the MOE curriculum

K1–K2The NEL Framework includes sorting and comparing groups of things by an attribute.
Primary 1Reading and interpreting picture graphs.
Primary 2Picture graphs with scales, where one picture stands for more than one item.
Primary 3Bar graphs, including reading different scales on the axis.

Singapore’s syllabus calls these picture graphs, and tally charts are not named in it, so treat the tally option as a handy counting tool rather than a syllabus item. Tables of data come later, in Primary 4.

The graphs on this maker use one square for each picture. For Primary 2, add a key by hand, such as one square for 2 children, and ask the class to redraw the graph with half as many squares. That is the step the P2 syllabus adds.

Summarised in our own words from the MOE Primary Mathematics Syllabus (2021, updated October 2025) and the Nurturing Early Learners Framework (2022).