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Trading, Buying and Selling is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on ways people exchange goods and services, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Eco.5.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 students 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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Trading, Buying and Selling

D2.Eco.5.K-2

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1.A price tag says $3. What does it tell you?
  • A.Who made the item
  • B.How old the item is
  • C.How much the item costs
2.Ana pays $2 for a juice at the store. What is she doing?
  • A.Buying
  • B.Selling
  • C.Trading
3.Why is money often easier than trading?
  • A.Money grows on trees
  • B.Money is heavier than goods
  • C.You can use money to buy from anyone
4.Sam swaps his apple for Mia's orange. What is that called?
  • A.Trading
  • B.Saving
  • C.Borrowing
5.A farmer takes corn to a market to get money for it. What is the farmer doing?
  • A.Selling
  • B.Saving
  • C.Buying
6.Long ago, before there were coins, how did many people get what they needed?
  • A.They traded goods
  • B.They shopped online
  • C.They used credit cards
7.Kids sell lemonade for $1 a cup. Who is the buyer?
  • A.The person who pays for a cup
  • B.The lemons
  • C.The kids at the stand
8.You pay a barber to cut your hair. What are you buying?
  • A.A trade
  • B.A good
  • C.A service

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Answer key — Trading, Buying and Selling

Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.How much the item costs
  2. 2.Buying
  3. 3.You can use money to buy from anyone
  4. 4.Trading
  5. 5.Selling
  6. 6.They traded goods
  7. 7.The person who pays for a cup
  8. 8.A service

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.5.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.