Costs a Government Chooses is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on comparing the benefits and costs of a public choice, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.1.3-5. 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.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
1.The government builds through councils rather than firms. Benefit?
A.Councils build faster
B.Materials go where destruction was worst rather than where profit is
C.Bricks cost less
2.A council builds upward on cleared land. Benefit?
A.Bricks are cheaper
B.Lists get shorter by themselves
C.More families housed from the same scarce sites
3.The government builds through councils rather than firms. Cost?
A.It loses the timber
B.It loses whatever speed competing firms might have brought
C.It loses the land
4.A minister publishes figures that show a shortfall. Benefit?
A.More homes get built
B.The public can judge progress rather than take his word
C.Bricks arrive faster
5.A family waits seven years for a council home. What is the cost to them?
A.The size of the home
B.Seven years living in whatever they can get instead
C.The rent they will pay
6.A country signs a five-year fixed-price supply deal. Benefit?
A.It gains a fleet
B.It knows the cost of timber for five years
C.It gains territory
7.A country signs a five-year fixed-price supply deal. Cost?
A.Timber gets heavier
B.If prices fall it is locked into paying more than the market
C.It loses its ports
8.A council builds upward on cleared land. Cost?
A.Waiting lists lengthen
B.Higher building costs more per home and changes the street entirely
C.Land runs out sooner
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Answer key — Costs a Government Chooses
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.Materials go where destruction was worst rather than where profit is
2.More families housed from the same scarce sites
3.It loses whatever speed competing firms might have brought
4.The public can judge progress rather than take his word
5.Seven years living in whatever they can get instead
6.It knows the cost of timber for five years
7.If prices fall it is locked into paying more than the market
8.Higher building costs more per home and changes the street entirely
Questions about Costs a Government Chooses
What does the Costs a Government Chooses worksheet cover?
It practises comparing the benefits and costs of a public choice — 8 questions for Grade 3 to Grade 5, all on Common Core D2.Eco.1.3-5: Weigh up what a choice gains against what it costs. The instruction to pupils is “Circle the best answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Costs a Government Chooses practise?
D2.Eco.1.3-5 — D2.Eco.1.3-5, in the Economics domain for Grade 3 to Grade 5. The published standard reads: “Compare the benefits and costs of individual choices.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Costs a Government Chooses is written for Grade 3 to Grade 5, typically ages 40-41. It is one of the sheets on D2.Eco.1.3-5, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Costs a Government Chooses 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 Costs a Government Chooses 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 Costs a Government Chooses free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Costs a Government Chooses, 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.1.3-5?
Yes — “Costs a Government Chooses” is a 55-minute Grade 3 to Grade 5 plan for D2.Eco.1.3-5, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Costs a Government Chooses is the practice that follows it.
More practice for D2.Eco.1.3-5
Weigh up what a choice gains against what it costs.
Teaching this next? Costs a Government Chooses is the 55-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.