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 23 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 steel plough instead of a wooden one
A larger churn that keeps milk cool
A.A barge is unloaded with fewer labourers
B.The same field is turned in fewer days
C.The same load moves in one hour instead of a day
D.More milk arrives fit to sell
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A grain drill instead of sowing by hand
Training a porter to read the timetable
A schoolmaster for every village
Teaching a smith to work new tools
A.More children can read and keep accounts
B.He can take on work the forge could not do before
C.He directs passengers without asking anybody
D.Seed goes in evenly and less is wasted
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.13.3-5 · Set 23 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Better Tools, Better Skills
Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A wharf crane instead of loading by hand — A (A barge is unloaded with fewer labourers) 2. Replacing a horse and cart with a train — C (The same load moves in one hour instead of a day) 3. A steel plough instead of a wooden one — B (The same field is turned in fewer days) 4. A larger churn that keeps milk cool — D (More milk arrives fit to sell)
2.1. A grain drill instead of sowing by hand — D (Seed goes in evenly and less is wasted) 2. Training a porter to read the timetable — C (He directs passengers without asking anybody) 3. A schoolmaster for every village — A (More children can read and keep accounts) 4. Teaching a smith to work new tools — B (He can take on work the forge could not do before)
More practice for D2.Eco.13.3-5
Describe how better tools and better skills let people produce more.