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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 selling the shuttle
  • B.By owning the mill
  • C.By working at the mill for wages
2.Who pays the museum curator?
  • A.Visitors at the door
  • B.The Shaw family
  • C.The council, because the town runs the museum
3.How does Ford Dairy earn?
  • A.By visiting the market
  • B.By selling the cheese it makes
  • C.By keeping cows only
4.Who pays the town clerk?
  • A.Each councillor personally
  • B.Nobody
  • C.The council, from the town fund
5.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
6.How does a market trader earn?
  • A.By selling goods for more than they paid for them
  • B.By counting stalls
  • C.By renting the Square
7.Why did Alice say they were glad of the wages?
  • A.The family needed the money the mill paid
  • B.The bell was early
  • C.They enjoyed the noise
8.What is a wage?
  • A.Money kept in a fund
  • B.Money paid for work done
  • C.The price of goods

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