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

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Answer key — Saving Up for It

Set 25. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Three weeks
  2. 2.12 coins
  3. 3.Keeping money now to spend later
  4. 4.Keep raising money until they have 30
  5. 5.You must wait instead of spending now
  6. 6.To raise money for something they could not buy yet
  7. 7.Anything costing more than one week's coins
  8. 8.For something big, like a holiday or a repair

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.