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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: The harbour mattered more than the mills, The relief fund held 340 pounds, Families were better off leaving, The board voted six for and three against

FactOpinion
2.Sort each one: Fact or Opinion?

Sort: One passage cost 4 pounds, 22,000 tons of grain were landed in 1888, The uplands were better before the mills, Children should never have worked half-time

FactOpinion
3.Sort each one: Fact or Opinion?

Sort: The mill district held 11,200 people in 1891, The mills made the region, Deaths ran at 27 per thousand in the mill district, The wage cut was unavoidable

FactOpinion

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Answer key — Countable or Arguable?

Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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