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