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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 might a family save all year?
  • A.To make the coins heavier
  • B.For something big, like a holiday or a repair
  • C.Because banks ask them to
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.What is hard about saving?
  • A.It costs extra
  • B.You must wait instead of spending now
  • C.The money shrinks
4.You save 3 coins a week. After four weeks you have...
  • A.4 coins
  • B.12 coins
  • C.3 coins
5.Saving means...
  • A.Giving money away
  • B.Never spending at all
  • C.Keeping money now to spend later
6.The street needs 30 coins for a tree and has 10. What should they do?
  • A.Buy a third of a tree
  • B.Give up
  • C.Keep raising money until they have 30
7.You spend all your coins each week. What can you never buy?
  • A.Only sweets
  • B.Anything costing more than one week's coins
  • C.Nothing changes
8.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

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Answer key — Saving Up for It

Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.For something big, like a holiday or a repair
  2. 2.Three weeks
  3. 3.You must wait instead of spending now
  4. 4.12 coins
  5. 5.Keeping money now to spend later
  6. 6.Keep raising money until they have 30
  7. 7.Anything costing more than one week's coins
  8. 8.To raise money for something they could not buy yet

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

Explain why people save money instead of spending it.

Teaching this next? Saving Up for It is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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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.