Adding Up What Cannot Be Swapped is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on the role of money in exchange, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Eco.5.3-5. It prints 8 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.Why can profits of 12,000 pounds be compared with a wage bill?
A.Both are in the same units, so the comparison means something
B.Both are published
C.Both are large
2.What must be true for the agent's four pounds to work as payment?
A.Enough people must accept those coins in exchange for goods
B.The coins must be gold
C.The agent must be honest
3.Dues are 4,180 pounds and cargo is 73,500 tons. Why does money help?
A.Tons are hard to spell
B.Money is lighter
C.It puts different cargoes into one measure that can be totaled
4.The relief fund holds 340 pounds. Why must it be money?
A.It can be divided among members and stored until needed
B.It is easy to hide
C.It looks impressive
5.The agent will take four pounds and nothing else. What does money do here?
A.It makes the ship faster
B.It lets a weaver sell his labor to anyone and pay the agent in coin
C.It shortens the voyage
6.A wage cut is "one shilling in the pound." What does money let you do?
A.Pay in cloth
B.Compare the cut across every hand, whatever they earn
C.Avoid the cut
7.Why is a wage in coin better for a hand than payment in cloth?
A.Coin buys whatever the family needs, not only cloth
B.Coin is prettier
C.Cloth is heavy
8.What could a swap economy not do that the harbor return does?
A.Employ dockers
B.Carry cargo
C.Add up 73,500 tons of different goods into one figure
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Answer key — Adding Up What Cannot Be Swapped
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.Both are in the same units, so the comparison means something
2.Enough people must accept those coins in exchange for goods
3.It puts different cargoes into one measure that can be totaled
4.It can be divided among members and stored until needed
5.It lets a weaver sell his labor to anyone and pay the agent in coin
6.Compare the cut across every hand, whatever they earn
7.Coin buys whatever the family needs, not only cloth
8.Add up 73,500 tons of different goods into one figure
Questions about Adding Up What Cannot Be Swapped
What does the Adding Up What Cannot Be Swapped worksheet cover?
It practices the role of money in exchange — 8 questions for Grade 3 to Grade 5, all on C3 Framework D2.Eco.5.3-5: Explain what money does that swapping goods cannot. The instruction to students is “Circle the best answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which C3 Framework indicator does Adding Up What Cannot Be Swapped practice?
D2.Eco.5.3-5, under Economics for Grade 3 to Grade 5. The published indicator reads: “Explain the role of money in making exchange easier.” The worksheet assesses that indicator rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Adding Up What Cannot Be Swapped is written for Grade 3 to Grade 5, typically ages 40-41. It is one of the sheets on D2.Eco.5.3-5, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Adding Up What Cannot Be Swapped come with an answer key?
Yes. All 8 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 Adding Up What Cannot Be Swapped 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 Adding Up What Cannot Be Swapped free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Adding Up What Cannot Be Swapped, 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.
Is there a lesson plan to teach D2.Eco.5.3-5?
Yes — “Adding Up What Cannot Be Swapped” is a 50-minute Grade 3 to Grade 5 plan for D2.Eco.5.3-5, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Adding Up What Cannot Be Swapped is the practice that follows it.
More practice for D2.Eco.5.3-5
Explain what money does that swapping goods cannot.