What Pushes and What Pulls is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on positive and negative incentives, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.2.3-5. It prints 3 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.Sort each one: Positive incentive or Negative incentive?
Sort: An assisted passage for a family with no fare, A prize for the cleanest street, Being paid off for refusing the new rate, A fine for keeping a child from school
Positive incentiveNegative incentive
2.Sort each one: Positive incentive or Negative incentive?
Sort: Higher dues on an overloaded vessel, Losing relief if you leave the district, A bonus for a full year without absence, A free school place with a meal
Positive incentiveNegative incentive
3.Sort each one: Positive incentive or Negative incentive?
Sort: No pay for a shift arrived late to, Cheaper dues for regular shippers, Higher wages for a skilled spinner, No refund if you miss the sailing
Positive incentiveNegative incentive
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.2.3-5 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — What Pushes and What Pulls
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A fine for keeping a child from school — Negative incentive 2. A prize for the cleanest street — Positive incentive 3. An assisted passage for a family with no fare — Positive incentive 4. Being paid off for refusing the new rate — Negative incentive
2.1. A bonus for a full year without absence — Positive incentive 2. A free school place with a meal — Positive incentive 3. Higher dues on an overloaded vessel — Negative incentive 4. Losing relief if you leave the district — Negative incentive
3.1. Cheaper dues for regular shippers — Positive incentive 2. Higher wages for a skilled spinner — Positive incentive 3. No pay for a shift arrived late to — Negative incentive 4. No refund if you miss the sailing — Negative incentive
Questions about What Pushes and What Pulls
What does the What Pushes and What Pulls worksheet cover?
It practises positive and negative incentives — 3 questions for Grade 3 to Grade 5, all on Common Core D2.Eco.2.3-5: Spot the rewards and penalties that push people towards a decision. The instruction to pupils is “Sort each one into reward or penalty”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does What Pushes and What Pulls practise?
D2.Eco.2.3-5 — D2.Eco.2.3-5, in the Economics domain for Grade 3 to Grade 5. The published standard reads: “Identify positive and negative incentives that influence the decisions people make.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
What Pushes and What Pulls is written for Grade 3 to Grade 5, typically ages 40-41. It is one of the sheets on D2.Eco.2.3-5, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does What Pushes and What Pulls come with an answer key?
Yes. All 3 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 What Pushes and What Pulls 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 What Pushes and What Pulls free to print and photocopy?
Yes. What Pushes and What Pulls, 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.2.3-5?
Yes — “What Pushes and What Pulls” is a 50-minute Grade 3 to Grade 5 plan for D2.Eco.2.3-5, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. What Pushes and What Pulls is the practice that follows it.
More practice for D2.Eco.2.3-5
Spot the rewards and penalties that push people towards a decision.
Teaching this next? What Pushes and What Pulls is the 50-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.