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Wages and Who Pays Them is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on earning an income, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.6.K-2. It prints 8 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.

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Wages and Who Pays Them

D2.Eco.6.K-2

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1.How does a market trader earn?
  • A.By counting stalls
  • B.By renting the Square
  • C.By selling goods for more than they paid for them
2.How does Ford Dairy earn?
  • A.By selling the cheese it makes
  • B.By visiting the market
  • C.By keeping cows only
3.A trader takes 40 at the market. Is it all profit?
  • A.No, they paid for the goods and the stall first
  • B.None of it
  • C.Yes, all of it
4.Why did Alice say they were glad of the wages?
  • A.They enjoyed the noise
  • B.The bell was early
  • C.The family needed the money the mill paid
5.How did the Shaw family earn in 1871?
  • A.By selling the shuttle
  • B.By working at the mill for wages
  • C.By owning the mill
6.Who pays the museum curator?
  • A.The council, because the town runs the museum
  • B.The Shaw family
  • C.Visitors at the door
7.Who pays the town clerk?
  • A.Nobody
  • B.The council, from the town fund
  • C.Each councillor personally
8.What is a wage?
  • A.The price of goods
  • B.Money paid for work done
  • C.Money kept in a fund

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Answer key — Wages and Who Pays Them

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  1. 1.By selling goods for more than they paid for them
  2. 2.By selling the cheese it makes
  3. 3.No, they paid for the goods and the stall first
  4. 4.The family needed the money the mill paid
  5. 5.By working at the mill for wages
  6. 6.The council, because the town runs the museum
  7. 7.The council, from the town fund
  8. 8.Money paid for work done

More practice for D2.Eco.6.K-2

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.6.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.