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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Sort each one into reward or penalty.
1.Sort each one: Positive incentive or Negative incentive?
Sort: Materials withheld from a council behind schedule, A subsidy for building upward on cleared land, A grant to councils that exceed their target, No refund if a site is abandoned
Positive incentiveNegative incentive
2.Sort each one: Positive incentive or Negative incentive?
Sort: Priority on the list for the longest waiting, Publication of the councils that built least, A fine for selling allocated timber onward, A guaranteed price for five years
Positive incentiveNegative incentive
3.Sort each one: Positive incentive or Negative incentive?
Sort: Public credit for a council that finishes early, Extra materials for the worst damaged districts, Losing your place if you refuse an offer, A penalty for a supplier that misses delivery
Positive incentiveNegative incentive
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Answer key — Grants, Penalties and Priorities
Set 7. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A grant to councils that exceed their target — Positive incentive 2. A subsidy for building upward on cleared land — Positive incentive 3. Materials withheld from a council behind schedule — Negative incentive 4. No refund if a site is abandoned — Negative incentive
2.1. A fine for selling allocated timber onward — Negative incentive 2. A guaranteed price for five years — Positive incentive 3. Priority on the list for the longest waiting — Positive incentive 4. Publication of the councils that built least — Negative incentive
3.1. A penalty for a supplier that misses delivery — Negative incentive 2. Extra materials for the worst damaged districts — Positive incentive 3. Losing your place if you refuse an offer — Negative incentive 4. Public credit for a council that finishes early — Positive incentive
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