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Countable or Arguable? is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on using fact and opinion to judge credibility, aligned to Common Core standard D3.2.3-5. 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 pupils 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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Countable or Arguable?

D3.2.3-5

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Sort each sentence into fact or opinion.

1.Sort each one: Fact or Opinion?

Sort: 22,000 tons of grain were landed in 1888, Families were better off leaving, The mill district held 11,200 people in 1891, The harbour mattered more than the mills

FactOpinion
2.Sort each one: Fact or Opinion?

Sort: One passage cost 4 pounds, The wage cut was unavoidable, The board voted six for and three against, The uplands were better before the mills

FactOpinion
3.Sort each one: Fact or Opinion?

Sort: The mills made the region, The relief fund held 340 pounds, Children should never have worked half-time, Deaths ran at 27 per thousand in the mill district

FactOpinion

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Answer key — Countable or Arguable?

Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. 22,000 tons of grain were landed in 1888 — Fact 2. Families were better off leaving — Opinion 3. The harbour mattered more than the mills — Opinion 4. The mill district held 11,200 people in 1891 — Fact
  2. 2.1. One passage cost 4 pounds — Fact 2. The board voted six for and three against — Fact 3. The uplands were better before the mills — Opinion 4. The wage cut was unavoidable — Opinion
  3. 3.1. Children should never have worked half-time — Opinion 2. Deaths ran at 27 per thousand in the mill district — Fact 3. The mills made the region — Opinion 4. The relief fund held 340 pounds — Fact

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D3.2.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.