How it works
Put one kind in each pile. Count each pile. Then put them in order.
Sort by what is the same: all the red ones, all the circles.
Put the piles in order from fewest to most.
Worked examples
Sort
- A mix of red and blue buttons.
- Put the reds in one pile and the blues in another.
- One kind in each pile.
Count each
- Count each pile.
- Reds: 3. Blues: 5.
- 3 is less than 5.
In order
- Put the piles from fewest to most.
- The pile of 3 goes first, then 5.
- That is in order.
A taste of the worksheet
These are the first problems of set A. The printable sheet has many more, with an answer key.
- The pile has ___ apples.
- How many flowers?
- Are there 4 stars in the pile?
- Which one is not a car?
- Count the fish pile. There are ___ fish.
Words to know
- sort
- To put into groups.
- order
- From fewest to most.
Watch out for
- One kind in each pile.