Every Method Has a Catch is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on comparing strategies and predicting results, aligned to Common Core standard D4.7.3-5. It prints 2 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 17 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Every Method Has a Catch
D4.7.3-5
NameDate
Draw a line from each strategy to what would follow.
1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Negotiate an agreement with a supplier
Petition the council directly
Broadcast an admission to the nation
Commission a poll
A.Secures materials, and commits you for years
B.Turns opinion into a figure, and only from those sampled
C.Reaches the body that decides, and only one body
D.Reaches everybody at once, and cannot be taken back
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Write to a national newspaper
Raise it in a parliamentary debate
Publish the figures every quarter
Wait and say nothing
A.Anybody can check progress, and every bad quarter is public
B.Puts it on the record, and only if you have a member
C.Costs nothing now, and leaves the record to others
D.May reach millions, and only if an editor prints it
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Answer key — Every Method Has a Catch
Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Negotiate an agreement with a supplier — A (Secures materials, and commits you for years) 2. Petition the council directly — C (Reaches the body that decides, and only one body) 3. Broadcast an admission to the nation — D (Reaches everybody at once, and cannot be taken back) 4. Commission a poll — B (Turns opinion into a figure, and only from those sampled)
2.1. Write to a national newspaper — D (May reach millions, and only if an editor prints it) 2. Raise it in a parliamentary debate — B (Puts it on the record, and only if you have a member) 3. Publish the figures every quarter — A (Anybody can check progress, and every bad quarter is public) 4. Wait and say nothing — C (Costs nothing now, and leaves the record to others)
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