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 7 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 mill district held 11,200 people in 1891, One passage cost 4 pounds, The wage cut was unavoidable, The harbour mattered more than the mills
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2.Sort each one: Fact or Opinion?
Sort: Children should never have worked half-time, 22,000 tons of grain were landed in 1888, The relief fund held 340 pounds, Families were better off leaving
FactOpinion
3.Sort each one: Fact or Opinion?
Sort: The board voted six for and three against, Deaths ran at 27 per thousand in the mill district, The uplands were better before the mills, The mills made the region
FactOpinion
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Answer key — Countable or Arguable?
Set 7. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. One passage cost 4 pounds — Fact 2. The harbour mattered more than the mills — Opinion 3. The mill district held 11,200 people in 1891 — Fact 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. Families were better off leaving — Opinion 4. The relief fund held 340 pounds — Fact
3.1. Deaths ran at 27 per thousand in the mill district — Fact 2. The board voted six for and three against — Fact 3. The mills made the region — Opinion 4. The uplands were better before the mills — 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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