The Cost of Choosing is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on the cost of a choice, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.2.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.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
1.You borrow six books and read one. What was the cost?
A.The one you read
B.Nothing
C.Five books somebody else could have borrowed
2.The street spends the fair money on trees. What is given up?
A.Whatever else the money could have bought
B.The trees
C.The fair
3.The fair closes the road all day. What is the cost?
A.Drivers cannot use the road
B.The cake stall
C.The fair
4.You buy oranges instead of apples. What do you give up?
A.The apples you could have had
B.The oranges
C.The shop
5.You spend Saturday at the library. What do you give up?
A.Saturday
B.Whatever else you could have done that day
C.The library
6.You spend your bus fare on sweets. What do you give up?
A.The sweets
B.The bus ride you needed
C.Nothing at all
7.The council builds a playground on the car park. What is given up?
A.The playground
B.The council
C.The parking spaces that were there
8.You catch the 10 bus instead of the 12. What do you give up?
A.The Market Square
B.The bus
C.Two more hours at home
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Answer key — The Cost of Choosing
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.Five books somebody else could have borrowed
2.Whatever else the money could have bought
3.Drivers cannot use the road
4.The apples you could have had
5.Whatever else you could have done that day
6.The bus ride you needed
7.The parking spaces that were there
8.Two more hours at home
Questions about The Cost of Choosing
What does the The Cost of Choosing worksheet cover?
It practises the cost of a choice — 8 questions for Kindergarten to Grade 2, all on Common Core D2.Eco.2.K-2: Name what you gain and what you give up when you make a choice. The instruction to pupils is “Circle the best answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does The Cost of Choosing practise?
D2.Eco.2.K-2 — D2.Eco.2.K-2, in the Economics domain for Kindergarten to Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Identify the benefits and costs of making various personal decisions.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
The Cost of Choosing is written for Kindergarten to Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on D2.Eco.2.K-2, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does The Cost of Choosing 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 The Cost of Choosing 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 The Cost of Choosing free to print and photocopy?
Yes. The Cost of Choosing, 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.K-2?
Yes — “The Cost of Choosing” is a 40-minute Kindergarten to Grade 2 plan for D2.Eco.2.K-2, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. The Cost of Choosing is the practice that follows it.
More practice for D2.Eco.2.K-2
Name what you gain and what you give up when you make a choice.
Teaching this next? The Cost of Choosing is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.