Before Anything Is Sold is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on the costs of production, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.7.K-2. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
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Answer key — Before Anything Is Sold
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Before cloth can be sold, a mill needs — A (Wool, looms, power and workers) 2. Before the school can open in winter, it needs — C (Coal delivered and rooms warmed) 3. Before fish can be sold inland, a trader needs — B (Ice and a way to carry it from the coast) 4. Before the roof can be mended, the council needs — D (800 pounds and a vote to release it)
2.1. Before cheese can be sold, a dairy needs — D (Milk, time to age it and a cool store) 2. Before an object can be shown, a museum needs — A (A case, a label and somebody to research it) 3. Before water reaches taps, the company needs — C (A reservoir, pipes and engineers) 4. Before a market can open, the town needs — B (A square, an inspector and posted rules)
Questions about Before Anything Is Sold
What does the Before Anything Is Sold worksheet cover?
It practises the costs of production — 2 questions for Kindergarten to Grade 2, all on Common Core D2.Eco.7.K-2: Give examples of what it costs to make something. The instruction to pupils is “Draw a line from each one to what it takes”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Before Anything Is Sold practise?
D2.Eco.7.K-2 — D2.Eco.7.K-2, in the Economics domain for Kindergarten to Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Describe examples of costs of production.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Before Anything Is Sold is written for Kindergarten to Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on D2.Eco.7.K-2, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Before Anything Is Sold come with an answer key?
Yes. All 2 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Before Anything Is Sold can I print?
25 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Before Anything Is Sold free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Before Anything Is Sold, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
Is there a lesson plan to teach D2.Eco.7.K-2?
Yes — “Before Anything Is Sold” is a 40-minute Kindergarten to Grade 2 plan for D2.Eco.7.K-2, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Before Anything Is Sold is the practice that follows it.
More practice for D2.Eco.7.K-2
Give examples of what it costs to make something.
Teaching this next? Before Anything Is Sold is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.