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

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Answer key — Wages and Who Pays Them

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

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.