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Voting or Applying a Rule? is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on comparing decision procedures, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Civ.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.

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Voting or Applying a Rule?

D2.Civ.11.3-5

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Sort each one into the right procedure.

1.Sort each one: Majority vote or Applying a rule?

Sort: The class votes on a trip, A toll is charged from the posted table, A magistrate applies the law to a case, Polling day decides the council

Majority voteApplying a rule
2.Sort each one: Majority vote or Applying a rule?

Sort: Admission is recorded as the rules require, A fare is taken from the printed list, Guardians vote on a change, The council votes on the roof repair

Majority voteApplying a rule
3.Sort each one: Majority vote or Applying a rule?

Sort: Parliament divides on the railway Act, Every member votes and most wins, Barges give way to loaded craft, The rule is already written and simply applied

Majority voteApplying a rule

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Answer key — Voting or Applying a Rule?

Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. A magistrate applies the law to a case — Applying a rule 2. A toll is charged from the posted table — Applying a rule 3. Polling day decides the council — Majority vote 4. The class votes on a trip — Majority vote
  2. 2.1. A fare is taken from the printed list — Applying a rule 2. Admission is recorded as the rules require — Applying a rule 3. Guardians vote on a change — Majority vote 4. The council votes on the roof repair — Majority vote
  3. 3.1. Barges give way to loaded craft — Applying a rule 2. Every member votes and most wins — Majority vote 3. Parliament divides on the railway Act — Majority vote 4. The rule is already written and simply applied — Applying a rule

Questions about Voting or Applying a Rule?

What does the Voting or Applying a Rule? worksheet cover?

It practises comparing decision procedures — 3 questions for Grade 3 to Grade 5, all on Common Core D2.Civ.11.3-5: Compare how decisions get made in a classroom, a school and a government. The instruction to pupils is “Sort each one into the right procedure”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.

Which Common Core standard does Voting or Applying a Rule? practise?

D2.Civ.11.3-5 — D2.Civ.11.3-5, in the Civics domain for Grade 3 to Grade 5. The published standard reads: “Compare procedures for making decisions in a variety of settings, including classroom, school, government, and/or society.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.

What age or grade is this worksheet for?

Voting or Applying a Rule? is written for Grade 3 to Grade 5, typically ages 40-41. It is one of the sheets on D2.Civ.11.3-5, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.

Does Voting or Applying a Rule? come with an answer key?

Yes. All 3 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.

How many different versions of Voting or Applying a Rule? can I print?

25 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.

Is Voting or Applying a Rule? free to print and photocopy?

Yes. Voting or Applying a Rule?, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.

Is there a lesson plan to teach D2.Civ.11.3-5?

Yes — “Voting or Following the Rule” is a 45-minute Grade 3 to Grade 5 plan for D2.Civ.11.3-5, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Voting or Applying a Rule? is the practice that follows it.

More practice for D2.Civ.11.3-5

Compare how decisions get made in a classroom, a school and a government.

Teaching this next? Voting or Following the Rule is the 45-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Civ.11.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.