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.
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 much grain was landed in 1888?
2. How many vessels entered the harbour?
3. Why might coal be the largest outward cargo?
2.Look at the source, then answer the questions.
Minute of the School Board
A minute of the elected school board for the region, 1890.
SCHOOL BOARD, MINUTE OF 4 MARCH 1890
Present: nine members. Absent: two.
Resolved: that half-time working for children under eleven cease.
Voted: six for, three against.
Members against stated that families depend on the wage.
The clerk to inform the mill owners.
1. Why would some members oppose ending half-time working?
2. How did the board vote?
3. What was resolved?
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Answer key — Lifting the Figure You Need
Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. 22,000 tons of grain. 2. 412 vessels entered. 3. The region dug coal and sold it away, since 31,000 tons went outward.
2.1. Because families depend on the wage the children earned. 2. Six for and three against. 3. That half-time working for children under eleven cease.
More practice for D3.1.3-5
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