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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.

Medical Officer's Health Table

A table from the annual report of the district medical officer, 1889. DEATHS PER THOUSAND, BY DISTRICT Harbour district ....... 24 Mill district .......... 27 Upland district ........ 15 Marsh district ......... 19 Houses with piped water, mill district: 1 in 6. The officer recommends a piped supply for every street.

  1. 1. Why might the mill district have the highest death rate?
  2. 2. Which district had the highest deaths per thousand?
  3. 3. How many houses in the mill district had piped water?
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. What work had Thomas Reid done?
  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 25. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Only 1 house in 6 had piped water, and the officer links water to deaths. 2. The mill district, at 27 per thousand. 3. 1 house in 6 had piped water.
  2. 2.1. He was a weaver. 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.