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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: Many lumber mills close and less wood is cut, A drought dries up the wheat fields, A store has too many winter coats in April, Farmers grow a huge crop of corn

Price goes upPrice goes down
2.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, Strawberries ripen all at once in June, A broken pipeline means less gas reaches the stations

Price goes upPrice goes down
3.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, Fewer people want sleds after the snow melts, Everyone wants umbrellas during a week of rain

Price goes upPrice goes down

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Answer key — Will the Price Go Up or Down?

Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. A drought dries up the wheat fields — Price goes up 2. A store has too many winter coats in April — 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
  2. 2.1. 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. Stormy weather keeps most fishing boats in port — Price goes up 4. Strawberries ripen all at once in June — Price goes down
  3. 3.1. 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. Everyone wants umbrellas during a week of rain — Price goes up 4. Fewer people want sleds after the snow melts — Price goes down

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