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 16 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
A wharf crane instead of loading by hand
Teaching a smith to work new tools
A larger churn that keeps milk cool
A.He can take on work the forge could not do before
B.More children can read and keep accounts
C.A barge is unloaded with fewer labourers
D.More milk arrives fit to sell
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Training a porter to read the timetable
A grain drill instead of sowing by hand
Replacing a horse and cart with a train
A steel plough instead of a wooden one
A.Seed goes in evenly and less is wasted
B.He directs passengers without asking anybody
C.The same field is turned in fewer days
D.The same load moves in one hour instead of a day
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.13.3-5 · Set 16 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Better Tools, Better Skills
Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A schoolmaster for every village — B (More children can read and keep accounts) 2. A wharf crane instead of loading by hand — C (A barge is unloaded with fewer labourers) 3. Teaching a smith to work new tools — A (He can take on work the forge could not do before) 4. A larger churn that keeps milk cool — D (More milk arrives fit to sell)
2.1. Training a porter to read the timetable — B (He directs passengers without asking anybody) 2. A grain drill instead of sowing by hand — A (Seed goes in evenly and less is wasted) 3. Replacing a horse and cart with a train — D (The same load moves in one hour instead of a day) 4. A steel plough instead of a wooden one — C (The same field is turned in fewer days)
More practice for D2.Eco.13.3-5
Describe how better tools and better skills let people produce more.