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What Money Does That Swapping Cannot is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on the role of money in exchange, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.5.3-5. It prints 8 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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What Money Does That Swapping Cannot

D2.Eco.5.3-5

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1.A porter is paid in coin, not in coal. Why does that help him?
  • A.Coin weighs less
  • B.He can spend the coin on whatever he needs, not only on coal
  • C.Coal is dirty
2.Why can money be saved when a cartload of corn cannot?
  • A.Corn is heavy
  • B.Coin keeps its value while corn rots
  • C.Coin is lighter
3.Why can a price in pence be compared and a swap cannot?
  • A.Pence are small
  • B.Money measures everything in the same units
  • C.Swaps are slow
4.What must be true for money to work at all?
  • A.Enough people must accept it in exchange for goods
  • B.It must be gold
  • C.It must be new
5.The farmer wants a plough. The smith does not want corn. What does money solve?
  • A.The farmer sells corn to anyone, then pays the smith in coin
  • B.The plough is free
  • C.The smith learns to like corn
6.Why is money easier than swapping directly?
  • A.Swapping is against the law
  • B.Coins are shiny
  • C.Both sides do not have to want what the other has
7.Fares are printed in pence and shillings. What does that make possible?
  • A.Trains run faster
  • B.Carriages are covered
  • C.Every traveller pays the same known price for the same journey
8.The toll table charges pence a mile. What does that let a boat owner do?
  • A.Choose the weather
  • B.Work out the cost of a journey before agreeing to it
  • C.Travel free

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Answer key — What Money Does That Swapping Cannot

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  1. 1.He can spend the coin on whatever he needs, not only on coal
  2. 2.Coin keeps its value while corn rots
  3. 3.Money measures everything in the same units
  4. 4.Enough people must accept it in exchange for goods
  5. 5.The farmer sells corn to anyone, then pays the smith in coin
  6. 6.Both sides do not have to want what the other has
  7. 7.Every traveller pays the same known price for the same journey
  8. 8.Work out the cost of a journey before agreeing to it

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.5.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.