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Who Pays for the Roads? is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on how government pays for what it provides, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.12.3-5. 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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Who Pays for the Roads?

D2.Eco.12.3-5

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Circle the best answer.

1.Where does a county council get the money to repair roads?
  • A.From selling tickets
  • B.From the railway company
  • C.From rates paid by households and businesses in the county
2.Why can a council not simply build every school a village asks for?
  • A.Schools are illegal
  • B.Villages must build their own
  • C.The rates it collects are limited, so it must choose
3.Why is that objection answered by saying the county gains?
  • A.Rates will fall
  • B.Schools are cheap
  • C.Educated children raise what the whole county can do and earn
4.Why might a ratepayer object to a school in another village?
  • A.He pays rates towards something his own children will not use
  • B.He cannot read
  • C.Schools are noisy
5.How does a national government pay for what it provides?
  • A.Mainly from taxes collected across the whole country
  • B.From donations only
  • C.From selling land only
6.'Your rates should be spent where you live.' What are rates?
  • A.A fare
  • B.A charge on property that pays for what the council provides
  • C.A toll
7.The workhouse is paid for out of the rates. What does that mean?
  • A.The poor pay for it
  • B.Ratepayers across the county fund relief for those with no work
  • C.It costs nothing
8.What is the difference between a toll and a tax?
  • A.A tax is voluntary
  • B.A toll is larger
  • C.A toll is paid only by users; a tax is paid whether you use it or not

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Answer key — Who Pays for the Roads?

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  1. 1.From rates paid by households and businesses in the county
  2. 2.The rates it collects are limited, so it must choose
  3. 3.Educated children raise what the whole county can do and earn
  4. 4.He pays rates towards something his own children will not use
  5. 5.Mainly from taxes collected across the whole country
  6. 6.A charge on property that pays for what the council provides
  7. 7.Ratepayers across the county fund relief for those with no work
  8. 8.A toll is paid only by users; a tax is paid whether you use it or not

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.12.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.