Shape and space · Ages 6–7

Sorting worksheet

Part of: Solids, flat shapes and position

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Shape and space · Ages 6–7

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Write each answer in the space. For word problems, show your working and write a sentence answer.

1.Sort the things in the picture into animals, fruit and vehicles. How many animals are there?
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6.Ka-lok's basket has 9 apples, 3 oranges and 8 toy cars. Sorting by “is it a fruit?”, how many fruit are there?
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7.Ka-lok has 9 beads: 2 are red and the rest blue. Sorted by colour into two piles, how many are in the blue pile?
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8.Tsz-ching sorts things into two piles: the first is 🍎 🍓 🍌 and the second 🐶 🐱 🐰. Which pile does the 🍓 go in?
- A. Neither pile
- B. Either pile
- C. The second pile
- D. The first pile
Choose the right answer
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9.Ka-lok's basket has 4 apples, 5 oranges and 9 toy cars. Sorting by “is it a fruit?”, how many fruit are there?
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10.Ka-yee sorts things into two piles: the first is 🍎 🍓 🍌 and the second 🐶 🐱 🐰. Which pile does the 🍓 go in?
- A. The first pile
- B. The second pile
- C. Either pile
- D. Neither pile
Choose the right answer
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11.Tsz-ching has 12 beads: 9 are red and the rest blue. Sorted by colour into two piles, how many are in the blue pile?
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Sorting worksheet: Answers and working

1. 2
Ask of each thing: “Is it an animal?” Count only the ones that are.
Ask of each “is it an animal?”: 2 are.

2. A. 🚗
Three of the four belong to the same group. What group is that?
Three are fruit; the 🚗 is a vehicle.
3. D. 🍌
Three of the four belong to the same group. What group is that?
Three are animals; only the 🍌 is a fruit.
4. A
Count the sides of each shape and see which one is different.
Sort by number of sides: three are quadrilaterals, one isn't.
5. C. 13
Try sorting into odd and even: look at the ones digit of each number.
Sort by odd and even: three are even, only 13 is odd.

Marking: 2 for the working, 1 for the answer, 1 for the sentence.

6. 12 fruit
Ask of each one “is it a fruit?”: apples, oranges, toy cars — which are?
Apples and oranges are fruit, toy cars aren't: 9 + 3 = 12.
7. 7 beads
The 9 beads split into a red pile and a blue pile, with 2 red. The rest are blue.
9 − 2 = 7.
8. D. The first pile
First work out what each pile is: what kind of thing is in the first, and in the second?
Pile one is fruit, pile two animals: see which the 🍓 is.
9. 9 fruit
Ask of each one “is it a fruit?”: apples, oranges, toy cars — which are?
Apples and oranges are fruit, toy cars aren't: 4 + 5 = 9.
10. A. The first pile
First work out what each pile is: what kind of thing is in the first, and in the second?
Pile one is fruit, pile two animals: see which the 🍓 is.
11. 3 beads
The 12 beads split into a red pile and a blue pile, with 9 red. The rest are blue.
12 − 9 = 3.

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