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

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Answer key — Rates, Dues and Taxes

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

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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.