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.
Set 25 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
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 wage cut was unavoidable, The board voted six for and three against, The harbour mattered more than the mills, One passage cost 4 pounds
FactOpinion
2.Sort each one: Fact or Opinion?
Sort: The relief fund held 340 pounds, The uplands were better before the mills, Children should never have worked half-time, 22,000 tons of grain were landed in 1888
FactOpinion
3.Sort each one: Fact or Opinion?
Sort: The mills made the region, Deaths ran at 27 per thousand in the mill district, The mill district held 11,200 people in 1891, Families were better off leaving
FactOpinion
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Answer key — Countable or Arguable?
Set 25. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. One passage cost 4 pounds — Fact 2. The board voted six for and three against — Fact 3. The harbour mattered more than the mills — Opinion 4. The wage cut was unavoidable — Opinion
2.1. 22,000 tons of grain were landed in 1888 — Fact 2. Children should never have worked half-time — Opinion 3. The relief fund held 340 pounds — Fact 4. The uplands were better before the mills — Opinion
3.1. Deaths ran at 27 per thousand in the mill district — Fact 2. Families were better off leaving — Opinion 3. The mill district held 11,200 people in 1891 — Fact 4. The mills made the region — Opinion
More practice for D3.2.3-5
Use the difference between fact and opinion to judge whether sources can be trusted.
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