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Saving Up for It is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on why people save, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.10.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.

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Saving Up for It

D2.Eco.10.K-2

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1.Why did the neighbours run a cake stall?
  • A.To use up flour
  • B.Because cake is nice
  • C.To raise money for something they could not buy yet
2.A bus fare is 2 coins and you save 2 a week for a 6-coin book. How long?
  • A.Three weeks
  • B.One week
  • C.Six weeks
3.Saving means...
  • A.Keeping money now to spend later
  • B.Giving money away
  • C.Never spending at all
4.Why might a family save all year?
  • A.Because banks ask them to
  • B.For something big, like a holiday or a repair
  • C.To make the coins heavier
5.You spend all your coins each week. What can you never buy?
  • A.Nothing changes
  • B.Only sweets
  • C.Anything costing more than one week's coins
6.What is hard about saving?
  • A.The money shrinks
  • B.It costs extra
  • C.You must wait instead of spending now
7.The street needs 30 coins for a tree and has 10. What should they do?
  • A.Give up
  • B.Keep raising money until they have 30
  • C.Buy a third of a tree
8.You save 3 coins a week. After four weeks you have...
  • A.12 coins
  • B.3 coins
  • C.4 coins

LessonPrint · D2.Eco.10.K-2 · Set 13 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Saving Up for It

Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.To raise money for something they could not buy yet
  2. 2.Three weeks
  3. 3.Keeping money now to spend later
  4. 4.For something big, like a holiday or a repair
  5. 5.Anything costing more than one week's coins
  6. 6.You must wait instead of spending now
  7. 7.Keep raising money until they have 30
  8. 8.12 coins

More practice for D2.Eco.10.K-2

Explain why people save money instead of spending it.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.10.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.