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Rates, Dues and Taxes is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on how government pays for what it provides, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.12.3-5. 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 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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Rates, Dues and Taxes

D2.Eco.12.3-5

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Circle the best answer.

1.Why can a school board not build every school it wants?
  • A.Parents refuse
  • B.Schools are forbidden
  • C.The rates it can collect are limited, so it must choose
2.The 1998 author says the harbour paid for the roads. What does that mean?
  • A.Dues collected at the harbour funded public works
  • B.Roads led to the harbour
  • C.Ships built roads
3.How does a national government pay for a law it passes?
  • A.From local dues
  • B.From company profits
  • C.From taxes collected across the whole country
4.What is the answer to that resentment?
  • A.Disease spreads beyond a district, so everybody gains from the pipes
  • B.The uplands will move
  • C.Rates will fall
5.Where did the money for piped water come from?
  • A.From rates paid by households across the district
  • B.From the mill owners alone
  • C.From harbour cargo
6.Why is a medical officer paid from public money rather than fees?
  • A.Fees are illegal
  • B.Doctors are cheap
  • C.His work protects everybody, including those who could not pay
7.Why might an upland ratepayer resent funding mill district pipes?
  • A.Pipes are ugly
  • B.He pays for a supply his own district will not receive
  • C.He dislikes water
8.What are harbour dues, and how do they differ from rates?
  • A.A charge on cargo landed, paid only by those using the harbour
  • B.A tax on every household
  • C.A fine for late ships

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Answer key — Rates, Dues and Taxes

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  1. 1.The rates it can collect are limited, so it must choose
  2. 2.Dues collected at the harbour funded public works
  3. 3.From taxes collected across the whole country
  4. 4.Disease spreads beyond a district, so everybody gains from the pipes
  5. 5.From rates paid by households across the district
  6. 6.His work protects everybody, including those who could not pay
  7. 7.He pays for a supply his own district will not receive
  8. 8.A charge on cargo landed, paid only by those using the harbour

Questions about Rates, Dues and Taxes

What does the Rates, Dues and Taxes worksheet cover?

It practises how government pays for what it provides — 8 questions for Grade 3 to Grade 5, all on Common Core D2.Eco.12.3-5: Explain where the government gets the money for what it provides. The instruction to pupils is “Circle the best answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.

Which Common Core standard does Rates, Dues and Taxes practise?

D2.Eco.12.3-5 — D2.Eco.12.3-5, in the Economics domain for Grade 3 to Grade 5. The published standard reads: “Explain the ways in which the government pays for the goods and services it provides.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.

What age or grade is this worksheet for?

Rates, Dues and Taxes is written for Grade 3 to Grade 5, typically ages 40-41. It is one of the sheets on D2.Eco.12.3-5, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.

Does Rates, Dues and Taxes come with an answer key?

Yes. All 8 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.

How many different versions of Rates, Dues and Taxes can I print?

25 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.

Is Rates, Dues and Taxes free to print and photocopy?

Yes. Rates, Dues and Taxes, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.

Is there a lesson plan to teach D2.Eco.12.3-5?

Yes — “Rates, Dues and Taxes” is a 50-minute Grade 3 to Grade 5 plan for D2.Eco.12.3-5, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Rates, Dues and Taxes is the practice that follows it.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.12.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.