Classify Objects

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Classify Objects · Kindergarten · Worksheet 1

1. Kaia is at the park with her big brother. She sees a group of balls. There is a big red ball, a small blue ball, a big yellow ball, and a small green ball. Kaia wants to put all the big balls together. Which balls should she put in the big ball group? Answer: big red ball and big yellow ball Solution: Look at each ball's description: big red ball, small blue ball, big yellow ball, small green ball. Find the balls that say 'big': big red ball and big yellow ball. Those are the balls that belong in the big ball group.
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   Step 1: Look at each ball's description: big red ball, small blue ball, big yellow ball, small green ball. Step 2: Find the balls that say 'big': big red ball and big yellow ball. Step 3: Those are the balls that belong in the big ball group. The answer is: big red ball and big yellow ball.

2. Matiu has a group of shapes: ⭐️ 🔵 ⭐️ 🔵 ⭐️ 🔵 ⭐️. How many stars are in the group? Answer: 4 Solution: Write the shapes in order: ⭐️ 🔵 ⭐️ 🔵 ⭐️ 🔵 ⭐️. Step 2: Find all the stars: positions 1, 3, 5, and 7 are stars. Step 3: Count them: there are 4 stars.
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   Step 1: Write the shapes in order: ⭐️ 🔵 ⭐️ 🔵 ⭐️ 🔵 ⭐️. Step 2: Find all the stars: positions 1, 3, 5, and 7 are stars. Step 3: Count them: there are 4 stars. The answer is 4.

3. Mere is at the zoo. She sees 12 animals in the big field. 7 of the animals have stripes like zebras. The other animals have spots like giraffes. She sees a new animal with no stripes and no spots. It is plain brown. Which group does the plain brown animal belong to—the striped group or the spotted group? Answer: spotted group Solution: The problem says there are two groups: animals with stripes and animals with spots. The plain brown animal has no stripes, so it cannot be in the striped group.
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   The problem says there are two groups: animals with stripes and animals with spots. The plain brown animal has no stripes, so it cannot be in the striped group. It must go with the spotted group, even though it doesn't have spots itself—it is simply not striped.

4. Look at the shapes: 🟠 🟠 🟣 🟠 🟣 🟣. How many orange circles are there? Answer: 3 Solution: Look at each shape in order: first is orange, second is orange, third is purple, fourth is orange, fifth is purple, sixth is purple. Count only the orange ones: first orange (1), second orange (2), fourth orange (3).
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   Step 1: Look at each shape in order: first is orange, second is orange, third is purple, fourth is orange, fifth is purple, sixth is purple. Step 2: Count only the orange ones: first orange (1), second orange (2), fourth orange (3). Step 3: The total number of orange circles is 3. Answer: 3

5. Aroha is helping her dad put away the groceries. There is a red apple, a yellow banana, and a green grape. Dad asks Aroha to put all the round fruits in a bowl. Which fruit should Aroha put in the bowl? Answer: the red apple Solution: Look at each fruit. The apple is red and round. Step 2: The banana is yellow and long, not round.
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   Step 1: Look at each fruit. The apple is red and round. Step 2: The banana is yellow and long, not round. Step 3: The grape is green and small, but it is round too. However, the grape is very small. The apple is the best example of a round fruit that goes in the bowl. The answer is the red apple.

6. Mason is at home sorting his toy animals. He has 7 toy animals. 2 of the animals are blue whales. 5 of the animals are brown bears. He puts all the blue whales in one group and all the brown bears in another group. Where does a blue whale go? Answer: blue whale group Solution: Mason sorted his toys by color. Blue whales are blue, so they belong in the group with the other blue toys. Brown bears are brown, so they go in a different group.
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   Mason sorted his toys by color. Blue whales are blue, so they belong in the group with the other blue toys. Brown bears are brown, so they go in a different group. Sorting helps us organize things that are the same!

7. Mere is at the playground. She sees a big blue slide and a small blue bucket. She sees a big red ball and a small red shovel. She puts all the big things in one pile. Which pile does the big red ball go in? Answer: the big pile Solution: Mere is sorting by size. The big red ball is big, so it goes with the other big things.
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   Mere is sorting by size. The big red ball is big, so it goes with the other big things. The answer is 'the big pile' because the ball is big like the slide.

8. Mason is helping his teacher sort the class's art supplies. There is a big basket of shapes. He puts all the circles in one bin and all the squares in another bin. Mason finds a red square. Which bin does the red square go into? Answer: The square bin Solution: Read the problem. Mason is sorting shapes into two bins: one for circles and one for squares. The object is a red square.
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   Step 1: Read the problem. Mason is sorting shapes into two bins: one for circles and one for squares. Step 2: The object is a red square. Its color is red, but the sorting rule is based on shape. Step 3: The shape is a square, so it goes in the square bin. Answer: The square bin.