Instructions
Read the labels on each Venn diagram. Sort the items from the box into the correct section of the diagram. Some items might belong in the overlapping middle section, and some might belong outside the circles altogether.
Part 1: Sorting Numbers
Put the numbers from the box into the correct part of the Venn diagram.
Part 2: Sorting Shapes
Read the descriptions of the shapes. Write the name of each shape in the correct part of the Venn diagram.
Part 3: Reading a Diagram
This Venn diagram sorts animals. Look at the diagram and answer the questions below.
Butterfly
Whale
Seagull
Sheep
- List all the animals that can fly.
- Which animals live in water but cannot fly?
- How many animals are in the diagram altogether?
- Why is the Tiger outside the circles?
Answer Key
Part 1: Sorting Numbers
- Even Numbers only: 12, 2
- Multiples of 5 only: 5, 15
- Both (Intersection): 20, 30
- Outside: 7, 19
Part 2: Sorting Shapes
- Has 4 Sides only: Red Square, White Trapezoid
- Is Grey only: Grey Circle
- Both (Intersection): Grey Rectangle
- Outside: Blue Triangle, Yellow Star
Part 3: Reading a Diagram
- Robin, Butterfly, Duck, Seagull
- Fish, Whale
- 8
- Because it cannot fly and it does not live in water.