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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.

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Producing More Than Before

D2.Eco.13.3-5

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Draw a line from each change to what it produced.

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Answer key — Producing More Than Before

Set 3. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. A telegraph line to the harbour — B (Cargo is sold before the vessel has docked) 2. A crane replacing hand loading at the quay — C (A vessel is cleared in a day instead of three) 3. Ledgers kept by a trained clerk — A (Mistakes are caught before the accounts close) 4. A steam engine replacing a water wheel — D (The mill runs at full power in a dry summer)
  2. 2.1. Piped water in place of a shared pump — D (Fewer working days lost to illness) 2. A deeper channel dredged into the bay — B (Larger vessels can be handled at the same quay) 3. Teaching a spinner to mind four frames — A (One hand produces what two produced before) 4. A pupil teacher trained in the district — C (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.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.13.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.