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📊 Kindergarten math · Data & Chance

Sort and count

Each symbol in a picture graph is one thing. Count the symbols in a row. The row with more symbols has more. The row with fewer has fewer.

Worked example

Which group has the fewest?
Birds at the feedersparrowsblue jaysfinchesEach symbol = 1
Answer: sparrows
Compare the groups: sparrows 6, blue jays 8, finches 7. Sparrows has the fewest.

For grown-ups: Sort and classify; count by category. Below: three problems to try with the worked answers, and a free printable sheet. Children can practise the same skill as a game, with no sign-up and no ads.

  • CCSS K.MD.B.3
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Practices sort and classify; count by category (K.MD.B.3). A printable sheet with its answer key, worked answers on the page, no accounts.

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Try three

  1. Which group has the fewest?
    Lunch pickssaladsouppastaEach symbol = 1
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: soup
    Compare the groups: salad 6, soup 2, pasta 8. Soup has the fewest.
  2. How many more windy days than cloudy days?
    Weather this monthsunny dayscloudy dayswindy daysEach symbol = 1
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: 1
    Windy days has 3 and cloudy days has 2. How many more means take away: 3 − 2 = 1. Answer: 1.
  3. Which group has the fewest?
    Cubes in the binyellow cubesred cubesgreen cubesEach symbol = 1
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: red cubes
    Compare the groups: yellow cubes 7, red cubes 1, green cubes 6. Red cubes has the fewest.

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Sort and count (Kindergarten)

  1. Which group has the most?
    Birds at the feedersparrowsrobinsEach symbol = 1
  2. How many blue cubes are there?
    Cubes in the binblue cubesred cubesyellow cubesEach symbol = 1
  3. How many rabbits are there?
    Pets in our classrabbitsdogsfishEach symbol = 1
  4. Which group has the most?
    Birds at the feedersparrowsblue jaysEach symbol = 1
  5. Which group has the fewest?
    Weather this monthsnowy dayscloudy dayswindy daysEach symbol = 1
  6. How many soup are there?
    Lunch pickssoupsaladEach symbol = 1
  7. How many more sparrows than robins?
    Birds at the feederblue jayssparrowsrobinsEach symbol = 1
  8. How many more triangles than circles?
  9. Which group has the fewest?
    Cubes in the binred cubesblue cubespurple cubesEach symbol = 1
  10. How many fewer squares than circles?
  11. Which group has the fewest?
    Lunch pickspastasaladpizzaEach symbol = 1
  12. Which group has the fewest?
    Birds at the feedersparrowsfincheswrensEach symbol = 1

Answer key

  1. robins
  2. 3
  3. 4
  4. sparrows
  5. windy days
  6. 5
  7. 2
  8. 1
  9. purple cubes
  10. 1
  11. pizza
  12. finches

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