? How can you sort the other foods using the Venn diagram?
A. Where should you put the red apple in the Venn diagram? Use an arrow or
write the name of the food in the diagram. Why does it belong there?
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B. Where should you put the carrots? Why?
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C. Finish sorting the food using the Venn diagram.
Explain why you put each item where you did.
strawberries: ____________________________________________________________
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beans: _________________________________________________________________
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cabbage: _______________________________________________________________
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grapes: _________________________________________________________________
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D. Make 2 new labels for the circles in the Venn diagram below.
Sort the foods another way.
Foods
Think about the 4 places in the diagram
Reflecting
1. a) Describe the 4 parts of Rashad’s Venn diagram.
b) Name one other food for each part.
where you could put the foods.
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2. When you sorted in Part D, did you put any foods in the overlapping part? Why?
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Checking
3. a) Sort these fruits using the Venn diagram.
The first one has been done.
ripe banana
yellow apple
red grapes
ripe banana
orange
peaches
kiwi fruit
green banana
Explain why you put each fruit where you did in the diagram.
ripe banana: I put it where the circles overlap because it’s yellow and it must be
peeled to eat.
apple: __________________________________________________________________
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grapes: _________________________________________________________________
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orange:
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peaches: _______________________________________________________________
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kiwi fruit: ________________________________________________________________
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green banana: ___________________________________________________________
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b) Sort the same set of fruit another way.
Make 2 new labels for the circles.
Fruits
Practising
4. a) Sort these classroom objects using the Venn diagram.
pencil
marker
eraser
crayon
ruler
Explain how you sorted each object.
Explain your sorting strategy.
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b) Draw or name one more classroom object for each part
of the Venn diagram above.
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Think about attributes like
5. a) Pick 2 attributes you could use to sort footwear.
b) Use the attributes to write 2 labels for the Venn diagram.
c) Sort the footwear below using the Venn diagram.
Footwear
runners
leather boots
black dress shoes
sandals
colour, material, type of
footwear, and type of fastener.
Think about labels such as white,
leather, boots, and buckles.
flip flops
rubber boots
Explain your sorting strategy.
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6. You can also sort objects using 3 attributes.
Sort the foods below using this Venn diagram.
Foods
Fruit
Green
Round
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Labels
Foods
green beans
green apple
white potato
Green
Fruit
carrots
strawberries
peas
red apple
lettuce
green grapes
Fruits
yellow banana
yellow apple
red grapes
Yellow
Must peel to eat
peaches
kiwi
green banana
orange
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