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Following the Profit is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on how profit changes what sellers do, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.7.3-5. It prints 8 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.

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Following the Profit

D2.Eco.7.3-5

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1.Eleven porters are listed by 1850. Why did that trade grow?
  • A.Portering is easy
  • B.Porters live longer
  • C.There was money to be made handling railway goods and passengers
2.Milk fetches a better price in town. What do farmers do?
  • A.More of them send milk by train to the town
  • B.They stop milking
  • C.They keep fewer cows
3.Why does the chance of profit make sellers pay attention to buyers?
  • A.Buyers make the rules
  • B.They earn nothing unless somebody chooses to buy from them
  • C.Sellers must be polite
4.A seller finds nobody will pay his price. What is he likely to do?
  • A.Close for a year
  • B.Raise the price
  • C.Lower the price until people will buy
5.The railway takes the coal traffic. Why does the canal company cut charges?
  • A.It enjoys low prices
  • B.A smaller profit on each ton beats no traffic at all
  • C.The law required it
6.Carrying manufactured goods pays 5 pence a mile. What does the canal company do?
  • A.It works to attract more manufactured goods than stone
  • B.It refuses all cargo
  • C.It closes the wharf
7.Two shops both sell flour in one village. What does that tend to do to the price?
  • A.Push it up
  • B.Leave it fixed for ever
  • C.Hold it down, because a buyer can go to the other shop
8.Only two boat builders remain by 1850. Why did that trade shrink?
  • A.There was less profit in building boats as canal trade fell
  • B.Boats stopped sinking
  • C.Wood ran out

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Answer key — Following the Profit

Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.There was money to be made handling railway goods and passengers
  2. 2.More of them send milk by train to the town
  3. 3.They earn nothing unless somebody chooses to buy from them
  4. 4.Lower the price until people will buy
  5. 5.A smaller profit on each ton beats no traffic at all
  6. 6.It works to attract more manufactured goods than stone
  7. 7.Hold it down, because a buyer can go to the other shop
  8. 8.There was less profit in building boats as canal trade fell

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.7.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.