Sorting and Classifying Quiz

Kindergarten · Math · Quiz

Put your sorting skills to work! Answer all 10 questions.

Questions

What does it mean to sort objects?
1. Counting them one by one
2. Putting things that are alike into groups
3. Making them bigger or smaller
4. Drawing pictures of them
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Answer: Putting things that are alike into groups
Color, size, and shape can all be used as sorting rules.
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Answer: True
You sort apples, bananas, and grapes into groups by what they are. All are ___, so they go in the same group.
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Answer: fruit
A group of toys is sorted into big toys and small toys. What is the sorting rule?
1. color
2. shape
3. size
4. texture
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Answer: size
Sorting the same group of objects by color gives you the exact same groups as sorting them by shape.
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Answer: False
A feature of an object — like its color, shape, or size — is called an ___.
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Answer: attribute
You have these shapes: circle, triangle, square, circle, triangle. How many circles are there?
1. 1
2. 3
3. 2
4. 4
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Answer: 2
After sorting, you can count each group to see which group has the most objects.
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Answer: True
Which of these belongs in the group 'things with wheels'?
1. book
2. apple
3. bicycle
4. crayon
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Answer: bicycle
Sorting things into groups and deciding which category they belong to is called ___.
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Answer: classifying