Rising, Falling, Standing Idle is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on inflation, deflation and unemployment, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.11.3-5. 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.
Set 20 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Rising, Falling, Standing Idle
D2.Eco.11.3-5
NameDate
Sort each one into the right word.
1.Sort each one: Inflation or Deflation or Unemployment?
Sort: Wages fall while debts stay fixed, Bricks cost more every quarter, A trained bricklayer with no site to work
InflationDeflationUnemployment
2.Sort each one: Inflation or Deflation or Unemployment?
Sort: The same wage buys fewer goods each year, Prices fall month after month, A returning soldier who cannot find work
InflationDeflationUnemployment
3.Sort each one: Inflation or Deflation or Unemployment?
Sort: Timber sells for less than last year, Rents rise faster than pay, Workers laid off when a site is delayed
InflationDeflationUnemployment
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.11.3-5 · Set 20 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Rising, Falling, Standing Idle
Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A trained bricklayer with no site to work — Unemployment 2. Bricks cost more every quarter — Inflation 3. Wages fall while debts stay fixed — Deflation
2.1. A returning soldier who cannot find work — Unemployment 2. Prices fall month after month — Deflation 3. The same wage buys fewer goods each year — Inflation
3.1. Rents rise faster than pay — Inflation 2. Timber sells for less than last year — Deflation 3. Workers laid off when a site is delayed — Unemployment
More practice for D2.Eco.11.3-5
Explain what inflation, deflation and unemployment mean.