Year 2 Grouping objects in different ways and relating to multiplication worksheet

“Sorting into groups” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 2 maths unit “Grouping objects in different ways and relating to multiplication”, for children aged 6 to 7, and takes about 20 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Weeks 12 to 13 of the year, 10 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Sorting into groups

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 2 · Maths · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can sort objects into groups and name how many groups and how many in each.

A Look back3 min

1.
7 + 5 =
2.
What is 10 more than 34?
3.
10, 12, 14, what comes next?

B Watch me, then you4 min

Mia has 12 counters. She shares them into 3 equal groups, with 4 counters in each group.

Watch me

12 counters are shared into 3 equal groups.

Each group has 4 counters.

So there are 3 groups, with 4 in each one.

Now you

1.
Share 12 counters into 2 equal piles. What number is in each pile?

C Your turn6 min

Each bar shows the counters. Answer the question next to it.

1.
Share 6 counters into 2 equal piles. How many in each pile?
2.
Share 6 counters into 3 equal piles. How many in each pile?
3.
Share 8 counters into 4 equal piles. How many in each pile?
4.
Sam makes groups of 4 and 6 from 10 counters. Equal or unequal?
EqualUnequal

Say it out loud: What stays the same in each row, and what changes from one row to the next?

D Spot the mistake3 min

Ola says: “There are 4 groups, because each group has 4 counters.”

1.
How many groups are there?

E Think deeper4 min

1.
Mia has 12 counters. Which numbers of equal groups from 2 to 6 can she make with none left over? Write them all.

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Sorting into groups · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. 12

2. 44

3. 16

B

1. 6 If your child writes 2, they have given the number of piles, not the number in each pile. Ask them to point to one pile and count inside it.

C

1. 3

2. 2 If your child writes 3, they have given the number of piles. Ask how many counters are inside one pile.

3. 2 If your child writes 4, they have given the number of piles. Ask them to point to one pile and count inside it.

4. Unequal

D

1. 3 If your child writes 4, they counted the counters in one group, not the groups. Count the bars: there are 3 groups.

E

1. 2, 3, 4 and 6 If your child leaves one out, share the 12 counters into that many groups and check that none are left over.

Words to use

Say“Which number tells you how many groups, and which tells you how many in each group?”

Instead of“Just tell them the answer.”

After the sheet

Tip 10 buttons or raisins onto a plate, sort them into two groups in any way, then sort them a second way and compare.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

9 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

Describing equal groups(with a plan)
Adding equal groups(with a plan)
Groups as adding and times(with a plan)
Equal groups as ×(with a plan)
Groups of zero and one(with a plan)
Factors and products(with a plan)
Skip counting coins(with a plan)
Equal groups stories(with a plan)
Multiply to solve problems(with a plan)

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