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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.

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. What work had Thomas Reid done?
  3. 3. What did one passage cost?
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. 1. How many vessels entered the harbour?
  2. 2. Why might coal be the largest outward cargo?
  3. 3. How much coal went outward?

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Answer key — Lifting the Figure You Need

Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. 6 persons, at 21 pounds. 2. He was a weaver. 3. 4 pounds for one passage.
  2. 2.1. 412 vessels entered. 2. The region dug coal and sold it away, since 31,000 tons went outward. 3. 31,000 tons of coal went outward.

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