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Setting Two Cargoes Equal is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on the role of money in exchange, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.5.3-5. 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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Setting Two Cargoes Equal

D2.Eco.5.3-5

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1.Timber is traded for machine tools 'to the same value'. What is money doing?
  • A.Storing the timber
  • B.Measuring two unlike goods so an equal exchange can be agreed
  • C.Paying for the ships
2.Why does the agreement fix prices rather than quantities alone?
  • A.Quantities change
  • B.So each side knows the value it is committing for five years
  • C.Prices are easier to write
3.What must hold for money to work in a trade agreement?
  • A.Both governments must accept the same measure of value
  • B.Both must be neighbours
  • C.Both must use coins
4.Why can a council compare a housing scheme with a road scheme?
  • A.Both need land
  • B.Both use bricks
  • C.Both can be costed in the same units
5.Why does the council report count homes rather than money spent?
  • A.Homes are cheaper
  • B.Homes are what the programme promised; money is only how it was bought
  • C.Money is secret
6.The white paper says cost falls on taxation and borrowing. What does money let a government do?
  • A.Skip Parliament
  • B.Spend now on homes and repay from future taxes
  • C.Build without materials
7.What could a barter economy not do that this agreement does?
  • A.Employ workers
  • B.Set the two sides equal in value over five years
  • C.Move timber
8.Why is a wage in money better than a wage in bricks for a builder?
  • A.Money is prettier
  • B.Money buys whatever the family needs, not only bricks
  • C.Bricks are heavy

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Answer key — Setting Two Cargoes Equal

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  1. 1.Measuring two unlike goods so an equal exchange can be agreed
  2. 2.So each side knows the value it is committing for five years
  3. 3.Both governments must accept the same measure of value
  4. 4.Both can be costed in the same units
  5. 5.Homes are what the programme promised; money is only how it was bought
  6. 6.Spend now on homes and repay from future taxes
  7. 7.Set the two sides equal in value over five years
  8. 8.Money buys whatever the family needs, not only bricks

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.5.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.