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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.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.Ships built roads
  • B.Roads led to the harbour
  • C.Dues collected at the harbour funded public works
3.What are harbour dues, and how do they differ from rates?
  • A.A tax on every household
  • B.A fine for late ships
  • C.A charge on cargo landed, paid only by those using the harbour
4.How does a national government pay for a law it passes?
  • A.From taxes collected across the whole country
  • B.From company profits
  • C.From local dues
5.Why might an upland ratepayer resent funding mill district pipes?
  • A.Pipes are ugly
  • B.He dislikes water
  • C.He pays for a supply his own district will not receive
6.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
7.Where did the money for piped water come from?
  • A.From harbour cargo
  • B.From rates paid by households across the district
  • C.From the mill owners alone
8.Why is a medical officer paid from public money rather than fees?
  • A.Doctors are cheap
  • B.Fees are illegal
  • C.His work protects everybody, including those who could not pay

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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.A charge on cargo landed, paid only by those using the harbour
  4. 4.From taxes collected across the whole country
  5. 5.He pays for a supply his own district will not receive
  6. 6.Disease spreads beyond a district, so everybody gains from the pipes
  7. 7.From rates paid by households across the district
  8. 8.His work protects everybody, including those who could not pay

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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.