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Tally and Count Sheet

A free printable tally sheet — a row per category, a wide space for tally marks and a total column.

First page of the Tally and Count Sheet — Count things by hand while doing something else, with the categories named and the totals worked out at the end of each row.
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What this sheet is for

Count things by hand while doing something else, with the categories named and the totals worked out at the end of each row.

Who it is for

Stock takers, wildlife surveys, traffic counts, event door staff, market researchers, teachers, farmers and anyone counting things through a gate.

How to use it

  1. Write the categories down before you start counting.
  2. Say what your counting rule is — it matters when somebody repeats the count.
  3. Total each row when you stop, not from memory afterwards.
  4. Record the period counted, from and to.
  5. Have a second person check the totals where the number matters.

What is on the sheet

One page, top to bottom:

Printed under the title: Counting things by hand: a row per category, a wide space for tally marks, and a total at the end.

Total each row before you put the pen down. Tally marks are still the fastest way to count things while doing something else — stock, birds, cars, votes, customers, sheep through a gate. Total each row when you stop, not later.

Write-on lines: Counting · Date · Location · Counted by · Period counted — from and to · Method or rule used

Table, 9 rows: What is being counted · Tally · Total

Write-on lines: Grand total · Checked by · Date

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