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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. 1. What happens to a hand who refuses?
  2. 2. What reason do the owners give?
  3. 3. By how much must wages fall?
2.Look at the source, then answer the questions.

Emigration Agent's Ledger

A page from the ledger of a shipping agent who sold passages abroad, 1885. PASSAGES BOOKED, SPRING 1885 Adeyemi, Joseph, 24, mason, one passage, 4 pounds. Carrick family, 6 persons, farm labourer, 21 pounds. Novak, Anna, 19, servant, one passage, 4 pounds. Reid, Thomas, 41, weaver, one passage, deferred, unpaid. Note: fares to be paid before sailing. No refunds.

  1. 1. How many persons were in the Carrick family booking?
  2. 2. Why might a weaver be booking a passage in 1885?
  3. 3. What did one passage cost?

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Answer key — Lifting the Figure You Need

Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Any hand refusing the new rate will be paid off. 2. Trade is poor and cotton is dear. 3. One shilling in the pound.
  2. 2.1. 6 persons, at 21 pounds. 2. Weaving work was failing, so he sought work abroad. 3. 4 pounds for one passage.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D3.1.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.