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 14 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 wharf crane instead of loading by hand
Replacing a horse and cart with a train
A schoolmaster for every village
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.A barge is unloaded with fewer labourers
D.More children can read and keep accounts
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A grain drill instead of sowing by hand
Teaching a smith to work new tools
A larger churn that keeps milk cool
Training a porter to read the timetable
A.More milk arrives fit to sell
B.Seed goes in evenly and less is wasted
C.He can take on work the forge could not do before
D.He directs passengers without asking anybody
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.13.3-5 · Set 14 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Better Tools, Better Skills
Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A wharf crane instead of loading by hand — C (A barge is unloaded with fewer labourers) 2. Replacing a horse and cart with a train — B (The same load moves in one hour instead of a day) 3. A schoolmaster for every village — D (More children can read and keep accounts) 4. A steel plough instead of a wooden one — A (The same field is turned in fewer days)
2.1. A grain drill instead of sowing by hand — B (Seed goes in evenly and less is wasted) 2. Teaching a smith to work new tools — C (He can take on work the forge could not do before) 3. A larger churn that keeps milk cool — A (More milk arrives fit to sell) 4. Training a porter to read the timetable — D (He directs passengers without asking anybody)
More practice for D2.Eco.13.3-5
Describe how better tools and better skills let people produce more.