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

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Answer key — Wages and Who Pays Them

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

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.