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.

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Will the Price Go Up or Down?

D2.Eco.7.3-5

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Sort each event by what it does to the price.

1.Sort each one: Price goes up or Price goes down?

Sort: A new factory makes many more bikes than before, Stormy weather keeps most fishing boats in port, Many lumber mills close and less wood is cut, Many new stores open selling the same phones

Price goes upPrice goes down

2.Sort each one: Price goes up or Price goes down?

Sort: Holiday decorations are still on the shelf after the holiday, A new video game is so popular stores keep running out, A store has too many winter coats in April, A freeze kills many orange trees

Price goes upPrice goes down

3.Sort each one: Price goes up or Price goes down?

Sort: Fewer people want sleds after the snow melts, Strawberries ripen all at once in June, Everyone wants umbrellas during a week of rain, A disease kills many hens, so there are fewer eggs

Price goes upPrice goes down

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Answer key — Will the Price Go Up or Down?

Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. A new factory makes many more bikes than before — Price goes down 2. Many lumber mills close and less wood is cut — Price goes up 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 freeze kills many orange trees — Price goes up 2. A new video game is so popular stores keep running out — Price goes up 3. A store has too many winter coats in April — Price goes down 4. Holiday decorations are still on the shelf after the holiday — Price goes down
3.1. A disease kills many hens, so there are fewer eggs — Price goes up 2. Everyone wants umbrellas during a week of rain — Price goes up 3. Fewer people want sleds after the snow melts — Price goes down 4. Strawberries ripen all at once in June — Price goes down

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.7.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.