Producing More Than Before is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on raising productivity with capital and training, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.13.3-5. 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.
Set 22 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Producing More Than Before
D2.Eco.13.3-5
NameDate
Draw a line from each change to what it produced.
1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A deeper channel dredged into the bay
A steam engine replacing a water wheel
Ledgers kept by a trained clerk
Piped water in place of a shared pump
A.Mistakes are caught before the accounts close
B.Larger vessels can be handled at the same quay
C.The mill runs at full power in a dry summer
D.Fewer working days lost to illness
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A crane replacing hand loading at the quay
Teaching a spinner to mind four frames
A telegraph line to the harbour
A pupil teacher trained in the district
A.Cargo is sold before the vessel has docked
B.More children are taught without importing staff
C.A vessel is cleared in a day instead of three
D.One hand produces what two produced before
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.13.3-5 · Set 22 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Producing More Than Before
Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A deeper channel dredged into the bay — B (Larger vessels can be handled at the same quay) 2. A steam engine replacing a water wheel — C (The mill runs at full power in a dry summer) 3. Ledgers kept by a trained clerk — A (Mistakes are caught before the accounts close) 4. Piped water in place of a shared pump — D (Fewer working days lost to illness)
2.1. A crane replacing hand loading at the quay — C (A vessel is cleared in a day instead of three) 2. Teaching a spinner to mind four frames — D (One hand produces what two produced before) 3. A telegraph line to the harbour — A (Cargo is sold before the vessel has docked) 4. A pupil teacher trained in the district — B (More children are taught without importing staff)
More practice for D2.Eco.13.3-5
Describe how better tools and better skills let people produce more.
Teaching this next? Producing More Than Before is the 50-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.