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