Will the Price Go Up or Down? is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on predicting how supply and demand change a price, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Eco.7.3-5. 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 students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
1.Sort each one: Price goes up or Price goes down?
Sort: Many new stores open selling the same phones, Stormy weather keeps most fishing boats in port, A new machine makes shirts cheaper to make, A disease kills many hens, so there are fewer eggs
Price goes upPrice goes down
2.Sort each one: Price goes up or Price goes down?
Sort: A toy is no longer popular, A new video game is so popular stores keep running out, Many lumber mills close and less wood is cut, Farmers grow a huge crop of corn
Price goes upPrice goes down
3.Sort each one: Price goes up or Price goes down?
Sort: A new factory makes many more bikes than before, Everyone wants umbrellas during a week of rain, A store has too many winter coats in April, A drought dries up the wheat fields
Price goes upPrice goes down
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Answer key — Will the Price Go Up or Down?
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A disease kills many hens, so there are fewer eggs — Price goes up 2. A new machine makes shirts cheaper to make — Price goes down 3. Many new stores open selling the same phones — Price goes down 4. Stormy weather keeps most fishing boats in port — Price goes up
2.1. A new video game is so popular stores keep running out — Price goes up 2. A toy is no longer popular — Price goes down 3. Farmers grow a huge crop of corn — Price goes down 4. Many lumber mills close and less wood is cut — Price goes up
3.1. A drought dries up the wheat fields — Price goes up 2. A new factory makes many more bikes than before — Price goes down 3. A store has too many winter coats in April — Price goes down 4. Everyone wants umbrellas during a week of rain — Price goes up
Questions about Will the Price Go Up or Down?
What does the Will the Price Go Up or Down? worksheet cover?
It practices predicting how supply and demand change a price — 3 questions for Grade 3 to Grade 5, all on C3 Framework D2.Eco.7.3-5: Explain how the chance of profit changes what sellers do. The instruction to students is “Sort each event by what it does to the price”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which C3 Framework indicator does Will the Price Go Up or Down? practice?
D2.Eco.7.3-5, under Economics for Grade 3 to Grade 5. The published indicator reads: “Explain how profits influence sellers in markets.” The worksheet assesses that indicator rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Will the Price Go Up or Down? is written for Grade 3 to Grade 5, typically ages 40-41. It is one of the sheets on D2.Eco.7.3-5, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Will the Price Go Up or Down? come with an answer key?
Yes. All 3 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Will the Price Go Up or Down? can I print?
25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Will the Price Go Up or Down? free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Will the Price Go Up or Down?, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
More practice for D2.Eco.7.3-5
Explain how the chance of profit changes what sellers do.