Better Tools, Better Skills is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on raising productivity with capital and training, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.13.3-5. 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 10 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Better Tools, Better Skills
D2.Eco.13.3-5
NameDate
Draw a line from each change to what it produced.
1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A schoolmaster for every village
Replacing a horse and cart with a train
Teaching a smith to work new tools
A steel plough instead of a wooden one
A.The same field is turned in fewer days
B.The same load moves in one hour instead of a day
C.He can take on work the forge could not do before
D.More children can read and keep accounts
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A larger churn that keeps milk cool
Training a porter to read the timetable
A wharf crane instead of loading by hand
A grain drill instead of sowing by hand
A.He directs passengers without asking anybody
B.More milk arrives fit to sell
C.Seed goes in evenly and less is wasted
D.A barge is unloaded with fewer labourers
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.13.3-5 · Set 10 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Better Tools, Better Skills
Set 10. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A schoolmaster for every village — D (More children can read and keep accounts) 2. Replacing a horse and cart with a train — B (The same load moves in one hour instead of a day) 3. Teaching a smith to work new tools — C (He can take on work the forge could not do before) 4. A steel plough instead of a wooden one — A (The same field is turned in fewer days)
2.1. A larger churn that keeps milk cool — B (More milk arrives fit to sell) 2. Training a porter to read the timetable — A (He directs passengers without asking anybody) 3. A wharf crane instead of loading by hand — D (A barge is unloaded with fewer labourers) 4. A grain drill instead of sowing by hand — C (Seed goes in evenly and less is wasted)
More practice for D2.Eco.13.3-5
Describe how better tools and better skills let people produce more.