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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 '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
2.To answer 'could private firms have built faster?', what is needed?
  • A.The minister's opinion
  • B.Output figures from places where private firms did build
  • C.The letters page
3.To answer 'were the villages forgotten?', what is needed?
  • A.The white paper alone
  • B.One letter
  • C.Allocation figures for rural and urban districts side by side
4.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
5.To answer 'was the agreement a good bargain?', what is needed?
  • A.The fixed prices, and what the goods cost elsewhere over those years
  • B.The signing date
  • C.The tonnage alone
6.To answer 'did publishing figures change anything?', what is needed?
  • A.The quarterly figures, and building rates before and after
  • B.The trade agreement
  • C.The broadcast alone
7.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
8.To answer 'is the 2011 history fair?', what is needed?
  • A.Her publisher
  • B.The quarterly figures she rests her case on
  • C.Her page count

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Answer key — What You Would Have to Compare

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

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