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Grants, Penalties and Priorities is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on positive and negative incentives, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.2.3-5. It prints 3 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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Grants, Penalties and Priorities

D2.Eco.2.3-5

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Answer key — Grants, Penalties and Priorities

Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Materials withheld from a council behind schedule — Negative incentive 2. Priority on the list for the longest waiting — Positive incentive 3. Public credit for a council that finishes early — Positive incentive 4. Publication of the councils that built least — Negative incentive
  2. 2.1. A guaranteed price for five years — Positive incentive 2. A penalty for a supplier that misses delivery — Negative incentive 3. A subsidy for building upward on cleared land — Positive incentive 4. No refund if a site is abandoned — Negative incentive
  3. 3.1. A fine for selling allocated timber onward — Negative incentive 2. A grant to councils that exceed their target — Positive incentive 3. Extra materials for the worst damaged districts — Positive incentive 4. Losing your place if you refuse an offer — Negative incentive

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.2.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.