Sorting Materials into Groups Notes

Sorting means to group objects according to the property of material it is made up of or according to our usage. Like, books can’t be kept with utensils in the kitchen, similarly rackets can’t be kept with golf set.

Objects:

Grouping:

• A system for classifying things into groups.

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• Placing or sorting similar things together is called grouping.

Grouping in a wardrobe

• Grouping is done based on certain similarities between objects.
• The process of systematically arranging things into groups on the basis of a common property is called classification.

Or

• The process of grouping things on the basis of some similarities and dissimilarities is called classification.

Importance of Classification:

Classification: