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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

NameDate

Circle what you would need to settle each question.

1.To answer 'who waited longest?', what is needed?
  • A.The national promise
  • B.Waiting lists broken down by family size and district
  • C.One council's total
2.To answer 'were the villages forgotten?', what is needed?
  • A.Allocation figures for rural and urban districts side by side
  • B.The white paper alone
  • C.One letter
3.To answer 'was the agreement a good bargain?', what is needed?
  • A.The signing date
  • B.The tonnage alone
  • C.The fixed prices, and what the goods cost elsewhere over those years
4.To answer 'is the 2011 history fair?', what is needed?
  • A.Her page count
  • B.The quarterly figures she rests her case on
  • C.Her publisher
5.To answer 'could private firms have built faster?', what is needed?
  • A.The letters page
  • B.Output figures from places where private firms did build
  • C.The minister's opinion
6.To answer 'did shortages set the pace?', what is needed?
  • A.Records of materials available beside the building figures
  • B.The debate alone
  • C.The poll alone
7.To answer 'did publishing figures change anything?', what is needed?
  • A.The quarterly figures, and building rates before and after
  • B.The broadcast alone
  • C.The trade agreement
8.To answer 'was the poll representative?', what is needed?
  • A.The publication date
  • B.The percentages alone
  • C.How the sample was drawn and how the country was distributed

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Answer key — What You Would Have to Compare

Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Waiting lists broken down by family size and district
  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.The quarterly figures she rests her case on
  5. 5.Output figures from places where private firms did build
  6. 6.Records of materials available beside the building figures
  7. 7.The quarterly figures, and building rates before and after
  8. 8.How the sample was drawn and how the country was distributed

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