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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.

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

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Answer key — What You Would Have to Compare

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

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