Classify Objects

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Classify Objects · Kindergarten · Worksheet 3

1. Aroha has these animals: 🐱 🐱 🐶 🐱 🐶 🐶 🐱 🐶 🐱. How many cats are there? Answer: 5 Solution: Look at each animal in order: 🐱, 🐱, 🐶, 🐱, 🐶, 🐶, 🐱, 🐶, 🐱. Count only the cats (🐱): positions 1, 2, 4, 7, and 9. That is 5 cats.
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   Step 1: Look at each animal in order: 🐱, 🐱, 🐶, 🐱, 🐶, 🐶, 🐱, 🐶, 🐱. Step 2: Count only the cats (🐱): positions 1, 2, 4, 7, and 9. Step 3: That is 5 cats. Step 4: The answer is 5.

2. Noah has these shapes: 🔵 🔵 🔺 🔵 🔺. How many blue circles are there? Answer: 3 Solution: Look at the shapes: 🔵 🔵 🔺 🔵 🔺. Step 2: We are looking for blue circles. Step 3: The blue circle emoji is 🔵.
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   Step 1: Look at the shapes: 🔵 🔵 🔺 🔵 🔺. Step 2: We are looking for blue circles. Step 3: The blue circle emoji is 🔵. Count the 🔵 in the row: positions 1, 2, and 4 are 🔵. Step 4: That is 3 blue circles. The answer is 3.

3. Emma is sorting her toy animals. She has a red ball, a blue square block, and a yellow star. She wants to put all the round things in one basket. Which toy should go in the basket? Answer: red ball Solution: The red ball is the only toy that is round. The blue square block has corners and the yellow star has points. Only round things go in the basket.
4. Mere has these animals: 🐶 🐱 🐶 🐱 🐶. How many dogs are there? Answer: 3 Solution: Identify the dogs: 🐶 is a dog. Count each one. The first animal is a dog (1).
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   Step 1: Look at the list of animals: 🐶 🐱 🐶 🐱 🐶 Step 2: Identify the dogs: 🐶 is a dog. Count each one. Step 3: The first animal is a dog (1). The second is a cat (not counted). The third is a dog (2). The fourth is a cat (not counted). The fifth is a dog (3). Step 4: Total dogs = 3. The answer is 3.

5. Emma is sorting her toy blocks. She has a big red block, a small red block, and a big blue block. She puts all the big blocks in one group. Which block does NOT belong in the group of big blocks? Answer: small red block Solution: Look at all the blocks: big red, small red, big blue. Emma's rule is 'all the big blocks go together'. Check each block: big red is big, so it belongs.
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   Step 1: Look at all the blocks: big red, small red, big blue. Step 2: Emma's rule is 'all the big blocks go together'. Step 3: Check each block: big red is big, so it belongs. Big blue is big, so it belongs. Small red is small, so it does NOT belong. Step 4: The block that does not belong is the small red block. Answer: small red block

6. Sophia is helping her teacher sort the art supplies. There are two boxes: one for round shapes and one for square shapes. Sophia finds a blue circle sticker. Which box should she put it in? Answer: the round shapes box Solution: A circle is a round shape, so it belongs with other round shapes, not with square shapes.
7. Ava is sorting her toys. She has 1 red ball, 1 blue block, and 1 red car. She puts all the red toys in one group. Which toy belongs in the red group? Answer: red ball and red car Solution: Ava is sorting toys by color. The red ball and red car are both red, so they go in the red group. The blue block is a different color, so it stays out.
8. Mason is sorting his toys. He has a big red ball and a small blue ball. He puts the big ball in a basket for big toys. Which ball goes in the basket? Answer: big red ball Solution: The problem asks us to sort by size. The big red ball is big, so it goes in the basket for big toys. The small blue ball is small, so it does not go in that basket.
9. Isabella is helping her teacher sort blocks. There is a big red square block and a small blue circle block. Which block is the small one? Answer: small blue circle block Solution: Isabella sorted blocks by size. The small blue circle block is the small one because the story says it is small, and the red square block is big.