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: Holiday decorations are still on the shelf after the holiday, A toy is no longer popular, Stormy weather keeps most fishing boats in port, A broken pipeline means less gas reaches the stations

Price goes upPrice goes down

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

Sort: Farmers grow a huge crop of corn, A drought dries up the wheat fields, Many lumber mills close and less wood is cut, 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 factory makes many more bikes than before, A new machine makes shirts cheaper to make, A freeze kills many orange trees, A new video game is so popular stores keep running out

Price goes upPrice goes down

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Answer key — Will the Price Go Up or Down?

Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. A broken pipeline means less gas reaches the stations — Price goes up 2. A toy is no longer popular — 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 drought dries up the wheat fields — Price goes up 2. Farmers grow a huge crop of corn — Price goes down 3. Many lumber mills close and less wood is cut — Price goes up 4. Many new stores open selling the same phones — Price goes down
3.1. A freeze kills many orange trees — Price goes up 2. A new factory makes many more bikes than before — Price goes down 3. A new machine makes shirts cheaper to make — Price goes down 4. A new video game is so popular stores keep running out — Price goes up

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