It is not true to say that people don't use tally marks often - they do!
To represent the number 18 in tally marks, you group the marks in sets of five for easier counting. Start with three complete sets of five, which gives you 15 marks, and then add three additional marks for the remaining three. The tally for 18 would look like this: 𑁍𑁍𑁍𑁍𑁍 𑁍𑁍𑁍.
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The tally marks I'm familiar with cannot have negative numbers because they are used to count real things and there cannot be a negative apple
It does not matter. The main thing is that it clearly marks a block of 5.
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Marks cut into a tally stick
The only way I found to make tally marks in Excel is to llll would be to us the lower case l and use strike-through for the five
Tally marks are a type of counting using vertical lines. One line means one, two means two, three means three, four means four, and then for the fifth line, it would go diagonal across the previous four lines, which would be five.
UNDFTD - undefeated
It's just a line. One tally mark= | They are meant to keep score and then the 5th tally mark goes diagonal/across the first 4 marks