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Learning and What You Earn is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on human capital, productivity and future income, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.6.3-5. 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.

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Learning and What You Earn

D2.Eco.6.3-5

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Draw a line from each one to what follows.

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Answer key — Learning and What You Earn

Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. A boy learns to read at the village school — C (He can later take clerk's work that needs writing) 2. Nobody in a village can read — B (The village depends on outsiders to read its letters) 3. A smith trains an apprentice for seven years — A (The apprentice can one day run a forge of his own) 4. A porter learns the whole timetable — D (He handles more passengers in an hour than before)
  2. 2.1. A farmer learns which crops suit the valley soil — B (He harvests more from the same fields) 2. A clerk learns to keep accounts — C (He is paid more than a labourer for the same hours) 3. A girl trains as a schoolmistress — A (She earns a salary rather than day wages) 4. A boatman learns to work the locks quickly — D (He completes more journeys in a week)

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.6.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.