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.
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Every Method Has a Catch
D4.7.3-5
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Draw a line from each strategy to what would follow.
1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Publish the figures every quarter
Wait and say nothing
Write to a national newspaper
Raise it in a parliamentary debate
A.May reach millions, and only if an editor prints it
B.Anybody can check progress, and every bad quarter is public
C.Costs nothing now, and leaves the record to others
D.Puts it on the record, and only if you have a member
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Petition the council directly
Commission a poll
Negotiate an agreement with a supplier
Broadcast an admission to the nation
A.Reaches everybody at once, and cannot be taken back
B.Secures materials, and commits you for years
C.Turns opinion into a figure, and only from those sampled
D.Reaches the body that decides, and only one body
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Answer key — Every Method Has a Catch
Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Publish the figures every quarter — B (Anybody can check progress, and every bad quarter is public) 2. Wait and say nothing — C (Costs nothing now, and leaves the record to others) 3. Write to a national newspaper — A (May reach millions, and only if an editor prints it) 4. Raise it in a parliamentary debate — D (Puts it on the record, and only if you have a member)
2.1. Petition the council directly — D (Reaches the body that decides, and only one body) 2. Commission a poll — C (Turns opinion into a figure, and only from those sampled) 3. Negotiate an agreement with a supplier — B (Secures materials, and commits you for years) 4. Broadcast an admission to the nation — A (Reaches everybody at once, and cannot be taken back)
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