Setting Two Cargoes Equal is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on the role of money in exchange, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.5.3-5. 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.The white paper says cost falls on taxation and borrowing. What does money let a government do?
A.Build without materials
B.Spend now on homes and repay from future taxes
C.Skip Parliament
2.Why can a council compare a housing scheme with a road scheme?
A.Both can be costed in the same units
B.Both need land
C.Both use bricks
3.Why is a wage in money better than a wage in bricks for a builder?
A.Money buys whatever the family needs, not only bricks
B.Money is prettier
C.Bricks are heavy
4.Why does the council report count homes rather than money spent?
A.Money is secret
B.Homes are what the programme promised; money is only how it was bought
C.Homes are cheaper
5.What must hold for money to work in a trade agreement?
A.Both must be neighbours
B.Both must use coins
C.Both governments must accept the same measure of value
6.What could a barter economy not do that this agreement does?
A.Employ workers
B.Set the two sides equal in value over five years
C.Move timber
7.Why does the agreement fix prices rather than quantities alone?
A.Quantities change
B.So each side knows the value it is committing for five years
C.Prices are easier to write
8.Timber is traded for machine tools 'to the same value'. What is money doing?
A.Measuring two unlike goods so an equal exchange can be agreed
B.Paying for the ships
C.Storing the timber
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Answer key — Setting Two Cargoes Equal
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.Spend now on homes and repay from future taxes
2.Both can be costed in the same units
3.Money buys whatever the family needs, not only bricks
4.Homes are what the programme promised; money is only how it was bought
5.Both governments must accept the same measure of value
6.Set the two sides equal in value over five years
7.So each side knows the value it is committing for five years
8.Measuring two unlike goods so an equal exchange can be agreed
Questions about Setting Two Cargoes Equal
What does the Setting Two Cargoes Equal worksheet cover?
It practises the role of money in exchange — 8 questions for Grade 3 to Grade 5, all on Common Core D2.Eco.5.3-5: Explain what money does that swapping goods cannot. The instruction to pupils is “Circle the best answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Setting Two Cargoes Equal practise?
D2.Eco.5.3-5 — D2.Eco.5.3-5, in the Economics domain for Grade 3 to Grade 5. The published standard reads: “Explain the role of money in making exchange easier.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Setting Two Cargoes Equal is written for Grade 3 to Grade 5, typically ages 40-41. It is one of the sheets on D2.Eco.5.3-5, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Setting Two Cargoes Equal 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 Setting Two Cargoes Equal 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 Setting Two Cargoes Equal free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Setting Two Cargoes Equal, 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.5.3-5?
Yes — “Setting Two Cargoes Equal” is a 55-minute Grade 3 to Grade 5 plan for D2.Eco.5.3-5, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Setting Two Cargoes Equal is the practice that follows it.
More practice for D2.Eco.5.3-5
Explain what money does that swapping goods cannot.
Teaching this next? Setting Two Cargoes Equal is the 55-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.