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.
Set 11 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.
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: Parliament divides on the railway Act, A magistrate applies the law to a case, The council votes on the roof repair, A fare is taken from the printed list
Majority voteApplying a rule
2.Sort each one: Majority vote or Applying a rule?
Sort: Guardians vote on a change, Barges give way to loaded craft, The rule is already written and simply applied, The class votes on a trip
Majority voteApplying a rule
3.Sort each one: Majority vote or Applying a rule?
Sort: Admission is recorded as the rules require, Every member votes and most wins, Polling day decides the council, A toll is charged from the posted table
Majority voteApplying a rule
LessonPrint · D2.Civ.11.3-5 · Set 11 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Voting or Applying a Rule?
Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A fare is taken from the printed list — Applying a rule 2. A magistrate applies the law to a case — Applying a rule 3. Parliament divides on the railway Act — Majority vote 4. The council votes on the roof repair — Majority vote
2.1. Barges give way to loaded craft — Applying a rule 2. Guardians vote on a change — Majority vote 3. The class votes on a trip — Majority vote 4. The rule is already written and simply applied — Applying a rule
3.1. A toll is charged from the posted table — Applying a rule 2. Admission is recorded as the rules require — Applying a rule 3. Every member votes and most wins — Majority vote 4. Polling day decides the council — Majority vote
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