Mapping a Region's Numbers is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on constructing maps of familiar and unfamiliar places, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Geo.1.3-5. 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.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
1.Why might two accurate maps of one region look completely different?
A.They were made to answer different questions
B.One is wrong
C.Maps must agree
2.Why show growth and decline in different ways on one map?
A.Two colours look better
B.So a reader can see at a glance which districts lost people
C.It uses less ink
3.Why put the census year in the map's title?
A.Titles must be long
B.Because the same districts held different numbers in other years
C.It fills the space
4.You are mapping population change by district. What must the key show?
A.What each shade or symbol stands for in numbers
B.The paper size
C.The date you drew it
5.Your map shows every street name and hides the districts. What is wrong?
A.Maps must be plain
B.The detail buries the pattern the map was made to show
C.Street names are private
6.What does a scale bar let a reader do that a written scale does not?
A.Read the title
B.Measure a distance straight off the map with a ruler or thumb
C.Find north
7.You are mapping a coast you have never seen. What do you use?
A.A blank sheet
B.Your imagination
C.Charts, photographs and written descriptions of it
8.What should you do about a district your figures do not cover?
A.Guess a value
B.Leave it white
C.Mark it as no data rather than leaving it looking empty
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Answer key — Mapping a Region's Numbers
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.They were made to answer different questions
2.So a reader can see at a glance which districts lost people
3.Because the same districts held different numbers in other years
4.What each shade or symbol stands for in numbers
5.The detail buries the pattern the map was made to show
6.Measure a distance straight off the map with a ruler or thumb
7.Charts, photographs and written descriptions of it
8.Mark it as no data rather than leaving it looking empty
Questions about Mapping a Region's Numbers
What does the Mapping a Region's Numbers worksheet cover?
It practises constructing maps of familiar and unfamiliar places — 8 questions for Grade 3 to Grade 5, all on Common Core D2.Geo.1.3-5: Make maps of places you know and places you do not. The instruction to pupils is “Circle the best answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Mapping a Region's Numbers practise?
D2.Geo.1.3-5 — D2.Geo.1.3-5, in the Geography domain for Grade 3 to Grade 5. The published standard reads: “Construct maps and other graphic representations of both familiar and unfamiliar places.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Mapping a Region's Numbers is written for Grade 3 to Grade 5, typically ages 40-41. It is one of the sheets on D2.Geo.1.3-5, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Mapping a Region's Numbers 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 Mapping a Region's Numbers 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 Mapping a Region's Numbers free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Mapping a Region's Numbers, 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.Geo.1.3-5?
Yes — “Mapping a Region's Numbers” is a 50-minute Grade 3 to Grade 5 plan for D2.Geo.1.3-5, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Mapping a Region's Numbers is the practice that follows it.
More practice for D2.Geo.1.3-5
Make maps of places you know and places you do not.
Teaching this next? Mapping a Region's Numbers is the 50-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.