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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.

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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.

The Cost of Choosing

D2.Eco.2.K-2

NameDate

Circle the best answer.

1.You borrow six books and read one. What was the cost?
  • A.The one you read
  • B.Five books somebody else could have borrowed
  • C.Nothing
2.You catch the 10 bus instead of the 12. What do you give up?
  • A.Two more hours at home
  • B.The bus
  • C.The Market Square
3.You buy oranges instead of apples. What do you give up?
  • A.The oranges
  • B.The shop
  • C.The apples you could have had
4.You spend your bus fare on sweets. What do you give up?
  • A.The bus ride you needed
  • B.Nothing at all
  • C.The sweets
5.You spend Saturday at the library. What do you give up?
  • A.The library
  • B.Saturday
  • C.Whatever else you could have done that day
6.The council builds a playground on the car park. What is given up?
  • A.The parking spaces that were there
  • B.The playground
  • C.The council
7.The fair closes the road all day. What is the cost?
  • A.The cake stall
  • B.The fair
  • C.Drivers cannot use the road
8.The street spends the fair money on trees. What is given up?
  • A.The trees
  • B.The fair
  • C.Whatever else the money could have bought

LessonPrint · D2.Eco.2.K-2 · Set 16 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — The Cost of Choosing

Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Five books somebody else could have borrowed
  2. 2.Two more hours at home
  3. 3.The apples you could have had
  4. 4.The bus ride you needed
  5. 5.Whatever else you could have done that day
  6. 6.The parking spaces that were there
  7. 7.Drivers cannot use the road
  8. 8.Whatever else the money could have bought

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.

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