Grouping Items Notes & Questions | Class 5 Reasoning | Drishti OS

Grouping Items

How to identify the shared property of a group of items.
How to test new items and decide whether they fit into the same group.
Applying grouping to both words (categories) and numbers (multiples, even numbers, divisibility).

Verbal: Look at the given words, name their shared category, then check which new word matches that category.

Example: Apple, Mango, Banana are fruits -> Orange also fits (fruit); Carrot does not (vegetable).

Verbal: If given numbers are all multiples of a number k, check new numbers by dividing by k.

Example: 6, 9, 12 are multiples of 3 -> 15 is also a multiple of 3 (15 / 3 = 5).

Verbal: A group may need TWO conditions at once, such as divisible by both 2 and 3 (that is, divisible by 6).

Dog, Cat, Cow belong to the same group. Which word also belongs? (Horse, Sparrow, Crow)

Step 1 - Dog, Cat, Cow are common land animals kept by people
Step 2 - Horse is also a common land animal; Sparrow and Crow are birds
Answer: Horse

12, 18, 24 are all divisible by 6. Which of these is also divisible by 6: 20, 30, 25?

Step 1 - Check each option by dividing by 6
Step 2 - 30 / 6 = 5 exactly; 20/6 and 25/6 leave a remainder
Answer: 30

Mistake	Why it happens	Fix
Not naming the category first	Guessing directly	State the shared property before checking options
Checking only one condition	Missing a second required property	For combined rules, test BOTH conditions
Confusing 'belongs to group' with 'looks similar'	Surface-level matching	Match by meaning or property, not appearance
Division mistakes	Rushing arithmetic	Recheck the division before deciding

Revision tip: Always say the group's rule as a full sentence before testing new items.

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