The favourite sports of 30 students gave: cricket 14, football 9, hockey 4, tennis 3. If you make a pictograph with 1 symbol = 1 student, how many symbols would the cricket row have?

When you are counting items as you go (e.g. asking 30 classmates their favourite colour), make a tally mark for each answer. To make groups easy to count, the **fifth** mark crosses the previous four: ||||̸. Every group of five jumps out at a glance, and the total is just (groups × 5) + leftovers.