Wages and Who Pays Them is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on earning an income, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.6.K-2. 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.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
3.A trader takes 40 at the market. Is it all profit?
A.Yes, all of it
B.No, they paid for the goods and the stall first
C.None of it
4.How does Ford Dairy earn?
A.By selling the cheese it makes
B.By visiting the market
C.By keeping cows only
5.What is a wage?
A.The price of goods
B.Money kept in a fund
C.Money paid for work done
6.How does a market trader earn?
A.By renting the Square
B.By selling goods for more than they paid for them
C.By counting stalls
7.Why did Alice say they were glad of the wages?
A.The family needed the money the mill paid
B.The bell was early
C.They enjoyed the noise
8.Who pays the museum curator?
A.The council, because the town runs the museum
B.Visitors at the door
C.The Shaw family
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.6.K-2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Wages and Who Pays Them
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.By working at the mill for wages
2.The council, from the town fund
3.No, they paid for the goods and the stall first
4.By selling the cheese it makes
5.Money paid for work done
6.By selling goods for more than they paid for them
7.The family needed the money the mill paid
8.The council, because the town runs the museum
Questions about Wages and Who Pays Them
What does the Wages and Who Pays Them worksheet cover?
It practises earning an income — 8 questions for Kindergarten to Grade 2, all on Common Core D2.Eco.6.K-2: Explain how people earn money. The instruction to pupils is “Circle the best answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Wages and Who Pays Them practise?
D2.Eco.6.K-2 — D2.Eco.6.K-2, in the Economics domain for Kindergarten to Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Explain how people earn income.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Wages and Who Pays Them is written for Kindergarten to Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on D2.Eco.6.K-2, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Wages and Who Pays Them 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 Wages and Who Pays Them 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 Wages and Who Pays Them free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Wages and Who Pays Them, 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 D2.Eco.6.K-2?
Yes — “Wages and Who Pays Them” is a 40-minute Kindergarten to Grade 2 plan for D2.Eco.6.K-2, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Wages and Who Pays Them is the practice that follows it.
More practice for D2.Eco.6.K-2
Explain how people earn money.
Teaching this next? Wages and Who Pays Them is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.