Rising, Falling, Out of Work is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on inflation, deflation and unemployment, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.11.3-5. It prints 3 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 16 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
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Rising, Falling, Out of Work
D2.Eco.11.3-5
NameDate
Sort each one into the right word.
1.Sort each one: Inflation or Deflation or Unemployment?
Sort: Wages buy less than they did, A boatman with a barge but no cargo to carry, Coal is cheaper than it was two years ago
InflationDeflationUnemployment
2.Sort each one: Inflation or Deflation or Unemployment?
Sort: The same coin buys more flour than before, Four wharf labourers left of the eleven there were, Bread costs more this year than last
InflationDeflationUnemployment
3.Sort each one: Inflation or Deflation or Unemployment?
Sort: The register records: no work since the mill shut, Wages fall but prices fall further, Prices across the county rise every month
InflationDeflationUnemployment
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.11.3-5 · Set 16 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Rising, Falling, Out of Work
Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A boatman with a barge but no cargo to carry — Unemployment 2. Coal is cheaper than it was two years ago — Deflation 3. Wages buy less than they did — Inflation
2.1. Bread costs more this year than last — Inflation 2. Four wharf labourers left of the eleven there were — Unemployment 3. The same coin buys more flour than before — Deflation
3.1. Prices across the county rise every month — Inflation 2. The register records: no work since the mill shut — Unemployment 3. Wages fall but prices fall further — Deflation
More practice for D2.Eco.11.3-5
Explain what inflation, deflation and unemployment mean.