Lifting the Figure You Need is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on gathering relevant information from sources, aligned to Common Core standard D3.1.3-5. It prints 2 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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Lifting the Figure You Need
D3.1.3-5
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Look at the source, then answer the questions.
1.Look at the source, then answer the questions.
Notice to the Mill Hands
A notice posted at the mill gate by the owners during a dispute, 1893.
TO THE HANDS OF ALBION MILL
Wages must fall by one shilling in the pound.
Trade is poor and cotton is dear.
Any hand refusing the new rate will be paid off.
The gates open Monday at six as usual.
By order of the owners.
1. What happens to a hand who refuses?
2. By how much must wages fall?
3. What reason do the owners give?
2.Look at the source, then answer the questions.
Harbour Return of Cargo
A return of cargo landed at the harbour, submitted by the harbourmaster to the board in 1888.
CARGO LANDED, YEAR ENDING 1888
Timber ............ 14,000 tons
Grain ............. 22,000 tons
Coal (outward) .... 31,000 tons
Cotton ............ 6,500 tons
Vessels entered: 412. Vessels lost at sea: 3.
Dues collected: 4,180 pounds.
1. How many vessels entered the harbour?
2. How much grain was landed in 1888?
3. Why might coal be the largest outward cargo?
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Answer key — Lifting the Figure You Need
Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Any hand refusing the new rate will be paid off. 2. One shilling in the pound. 3. Trade is poor and cotton is dear.
2.1. 412 vessels entered. 2. 22,000 tons of grain. 3. The region dug coal and sold it away, since 31,000 tons went outward.
More practice for D3.1.3-5
Gather what you need from several sources, choosing each for a reason.
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