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

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Answer key — Who Pays for the Roads?

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

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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.