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Taking the Line That Answers It is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on gathering relevant information from sources, aligned to Common Core standard D3.1.3-5. It prints 2 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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Taking the Line That Answers It

D3.1.3-5

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Look at the source, then answer the questions.

1.Look at the source, then answer the questions.

Summary of a Trade Agreement

A published summary of a trade agreement signed between two governments in 1948. AGREEMENT ON TIMBER AND MACHINERY Country A will supply 500,000 tons of timber a year. Country B will supply machine tools to the same value. Prices are fixed for five years. Either government may end the agreement with one year's notice. Neither side may resell the goods to a third country.

  1. 1. How long are prices fixed for?
  2. 2. What will Country B supply?
  3. 3. Why would a country short of timber sign such an agreement?
2.Look at the source, then answer the questions.

Letters to a National Newspaper

Three letters printed on the correspondence page of a national newspaper in 1951. YOUR CORRESPONDENTS WRITE Sir: my family has waited six years. The figures mean nothing to us. Sir: the councils build too slowly. Let private firms compete. Sir: the villages are forgotten while the cities are rebuilt. The editor notes that all three writers gave their addresses. Letters may be shortened for space.

  1. 1. How long has the first writer's family waited?
  2. 2. What does the second writer want?
  3. 3. What does the third writer complain of?

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Answer key — Taking the Line That Answers It

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  1. 1.1. Five years. 2. Machine tools to the same value. 3. It gains 500,000 tons a year at a price fixed for five years.
  2. 2.1. Six years. 2. Private firms allowed to compete, because councils build too slowly. 3. That the villages are forgotten while the cities are rebuilt.

More practice for D3.1.3-5

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D3.1.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.