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Promise Against Outcome is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on comparing what different sources say, aligned to Common Core standard D2.His.10.3-5. It prints 8 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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Promise Against Outcome

D2.His.10.3-5

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1.The white paper promises 300,000; the broadcast reports 140,000. What follows?
  • A.The gap between them is the fact worth explaining
  • B.One is a forgery
  • C.Neither can be used
2.Two sources give different figures for one year. What do you do?
  • A.Average them
  • B.Take the larger
  • C.Ask who counted, over what period, and for what purpose
3.The poll says housing first; the debate shows villages objecting. How do they relate?
  • A.The poll's urban sample may be exactly what the villages complained about
  • B.They repeat each other
  • C.They contradict each other
4.Why is the white paper not evidence of what happened?
  • A.It is too short
  • B.It is evidence of what was intended, which is a different thing
  • C.It is too old
5.Two sources agree that bricks ran short. What does that give you?
  • A.Better confidence about bricks, and nothing about the cause of the whole shortfall
  • B.Proof of the whole claim
  • C.A reason to drop one
6.The letters page prints three letters. How would you check it?
  • A.Trust it: it is printed
  • B.Look for the paper's own record of how many it received
  • C.Reject it: letters are opinion
7.The council report gives 4,180 built and 11,600 waiting. What does the letters page add?
  • A.What waiting felt like to the families the numbers count
  • B.A second set of figures
  • C.A correction
8.The 2011 author blames shortages; critics blame the choice of builder. How do you test it?
  • A.Reject both
  • B.Set the broadcast's admission against building rates where firms did build
  • C.Accept the newer view

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Answer key — Promise Against Outcome

Set 9. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The gap between them is the fact worth explaining
  2. 2.Ask who counted, over what period, and for what purpose
  3. 3.The poll's urban sample may be exactly what the villages complained about
  4. 4.It is evidence of what was intended, which is a different thing
  5. 5.Better confidence about bricks, and nothing about the cause of the whole shortfall
  6. 6.Look for the paper's own record of how many it received
  7. 7.What waiting felt like to the families the numbers count
  8. 8.Set the broadcast's admission against building rates where firms did build

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.His.10.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.