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 21 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.
Replacing a horse and cart with a train
Training a porter to read the timetable
A steel plough instead of a wooden one
A grain drill instead of sowing by hand
A.Seed goes in evenly and less is wasted
B.The same load moves in one hour instead of a day
C.He directs passengers without asking anybody
D.The same field is turned in fewer days
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Teaching a smith to work new tools
A larger churn that keeps milk cool
A wharf crane instead of loading by hand
A schoolmaster for every village
A.He can take on work the forge could not do before
B.A barge is unloaded with fewer labourers
C.More children can read and keep accounts
D.More milk arrives fit to sell
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.13.3-5 · Set 21 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Better Tools, Better Skills
Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Replacing a horse and cart with a train — B (The same load moves in one hour instead of a day) 2. Training a porter to read the timetable — C (He directs passengers without asking anybody) 3. A steel plough instead of a wooden one — D (The same field is turned in fewer days) 4. A grain drill instead of sowing by hand — A (Seed goes in evenly and less is wasted)
2.1. Teaching a smith to work new tools — A (He can take on work the forge could not do before) 2. A larger churn that keeps milk cool — D (More milk arrives fit to sell) 3. A wharf crane instead of loading by hand — B (A barge is unloaded with fewer labourers) 4. A schoolmaster for every village — C (More children can read and keep accounts)
More practice for D2.Eco.13.3-5
Describe how better tools and better skills let people produce more.