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 13 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
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 broken pipeline means less gas reaches the stations, A new factory makes many more bikes than before, Stormy weather keeps most fishing boats in port, Holiday decorations are still on the shelf after the holiday
Price goes upPrice goes down
2.Sort each one: Price goes up or Price goes down?
Sort: Farmers grow a huge crop of corn, Everyone wants umbrellas during a week of rain, A freeze kills many orange trees, Many new stores open selling the same phones
Price goes upPrice goes down
3.Sort each one: Price goes up or Price goes down?
Sort: A new machine makes shirts cheaper to make, A toy is no longer popular, A disease kills many hens, so there are fewer eggs, Many lumber mills close and less wood is cut
Price goes upPrice goes down
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Answer key — Will the Price Go Up or Down?
Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A broken pipeline means less gas reaches the stations — Price goes up 2. A new factory makes many more bikes than before — Price goes down 3. Holiday decorations are still on the shelf after the holiday — 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. Everyone wants umbrellas during a week of rain — Price goes up 3. Farmers grow a huge crop of corn — Price goes down 4. Many new stores open selling the same phones — Price goes down
3.1. 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. A toy is no longer popular — Price goes down 4. Many lumber mills close and less wood is cut — Price goes up
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.7.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.