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Raise the Price or Cut the Cost? is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on how a change in price or cost changes a seller's profit, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Eco.7.3-5. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students 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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Raise the Price or Cut the Cost?

D2.Eco.7.3-5

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1.Corn sells for $4 a bushel and costs $3 a bushel to grow. Soybeans sell for $10 and cost $6. Which earns more profit per bushel?
  • A.They earn the same
  • B.Corn: $4 − $3 = $1; soybeans: $10 − $6 = $4; so soybeans
  • C.Corn, because $4 is more than $3
2.Why do new sellers often start selling what is earning big profits?
  • A.Big profits mean the product is free
  • B.They hope to earn some of that profit too
  • C.Profits are shared by law with every store
3.The price of lemons goes up, but a stand keeps its lemonade at the same price. What happens to its profit?
  • A.Profit goes down
  • B.Profit goes up
  • C.Profit stays exactly the same
4.What might a seller do with a product that keeps making a loss?
  • A.Ask customers to pay the loss
  • B.Change its price or cost, or stop selling it
  • C.Make more of it at the same loss forever
5.Jo sells 10 muffins at $2 each. She raises the price to $3 and still sells 10. How much more does she take in?
  • A.10 × $3 = $30
  • B.10 × $3 = $30; 10 × $2 = $20; $30 − $20 = $10
  • C.$3 − $2 = $1
6.Why might a seller make more of a product when its profit rises?
  • A.Sellers must make more by law
  • B.Profit means the product costs more to make
  • C.Each sale earns more, so making more pays off
7.A store sells 30 hats at $10 profit each. A new style earns $15 profit each, but only 15 sell. Which earns more profit in all?
  • A.The new style, because $15 is more than $10
  • B.30 × $10 = $300; 15 × $15 = $225; so the old style
  • C.They earn the same
8.A stand sells 20 cups at $1 each and pays $8 for supplies. If supplies rise to $12, what is the new profit?
  • A.20 × $1 = $20; $20 − $8 = $12
  • B.$12 − $8 = $4
  • C.20 × $1 = $20; $20 − $12 = $8

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Answer key — Raise the Price or Cut the Cost?

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  1. 1.Corn: $4 − $3 = $1; soybeans: $10 − $6 = $4; so soybeans
  2. 2.They hope to earn some of that profit too
  3. 3.Profit goes down
  4. 4.Change its price or cost, or stop selling it
  5. 5.10 × $3 = $30; 10 × $2 = $20; $30 − $20 = $10
  6. 6.Each sale earns more, so making more pays off
  7. 7.30 × $10 = $300; 15 × $15 = $225; so the old style
  8. 8.20 × $1 = $20; $20 − $12 = $8

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.7.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.