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What You Would Have to Compare is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on the evidence a supporting question requires, aligned to Common Core standard D1.3.3-5. 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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What You Would Have to Compare

D1.3.3-5

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Circle what you would need to settle each question.

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Answer key — What You Would Have to Compare

Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The quarterly figures, and building rates before and after
  2. 2.Allocation figures for rural and urban districts side by side
  3. 3.The fixed prices, and what the goods cost elsewhere over those years
  4. 4.Output figures from places where private firms did build
  5. 5.Waiting lists broken down by family size and district
  6. 6.Records of materials available beside the building figures
  7. 7.The quarterly figures she rests her case on
  8. 8.How the sample was drawn and how the country was distributed

Questions about What You Would Have to Compare

What does the What You Would Have to Compare worksheet cover?

It practises the evidence a supporting question requires — 8 questions for Grade 3 to Grade 5, all on Common Core D1.3.3-5: Name the ideas behind a smaller question that people read in more than one way. The instruction to pupils is “Circle what you would need to settle each question”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.

Which Common Core standard does What You Would Have to Compare practise?

D1.3.3-5 — D1.3.3-5, in the Developing Questions and Planning Inquiries domain for Grade 3 to Grade 5. The published standard reads: “Identify the disciplinary concepts and ideas associated with a supporting question that are open to interpretation.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.

What age or grade is this worksheet for?

What You Would Have to Compare is written for Grade 3 to Grade 5, typically ages 40-41. It is one of the sheets on D1.3.3-5, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.

Does What You Would Have to Compare come with an answer key?

Yes. All 8 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.

How many different versions of What You Would Have to Compare can I print?

25 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.

Is What You Would Have to Compare free to print and photocopy?

Yes. What You Would Have to Compare, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.

Is there a lesson plan to teach D1.3.3-5?

Yes — “What You Would Have to Compare” is a 55-minute Grade 3 to Grade 5 plan for D1.3.3-5, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. What You Would Have to Compare is the practice that follows it.

More practice for D1.3.3-5

Name the ideas behind a smaller question that people read in more than one way.

Teaching this next? What You Would Have to Compare is the 55-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D1.3.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.