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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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Grants, Penalties and Priorities
D2.Eco.2.3-5
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Sort each one into reward or penalty.
1.Sort each one: Positive incentive or Negative incentive?
Sort: A grant to councils that exceed their target, A fine for selling allocated timber onward, Losing your place if you refuse an offer, Extra materials for the worst damaged districts
Positive incentiveNegative incentive
2.Sort each one: Positive incentive or Negative incentive?
Sort: A subsidy for building upward on cleared land, Public credit for a council that finishes early, A penalty for a supplier that misses delivery, Materials withheld from a council behind schedule
Positive incentiveNegative incentive
3.Sort each one: Positive incentive or Negative incentive?
Sort: Priority on the list for the longest waiting, No refund if a site is abandoned, A guaranteed price for five years, Publication of the councils that built least
Positive incentiveNegative incentive
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.2.3-5 · Set 25 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Grants, Penalties and Priorities
Set 25. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. 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
2.1. A penalty for a supplier that misses delivery — Negative incentive 2. A subsidy for building upward on cleared land — Positive incentive 3. Materials withheld from a council behind schedule — Negative incentive 4. Public credit for a council that finishes early — Positive incentive
3.1. A guaranteed price for five years — Positive incentive 2. No refund if a site is abandoned — Negative incentive 3. Priority on the list for the longest waiting — Positive incentive 4. Publication of the councils that built least — Negative incentive
More practice for D2.Eco.2.3-5
Spot the rewards and penalties that push people towards a decision.