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.

Trading, Buying and Selling

D2.Eco.5.K-2

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Circle the best answer.

1.Leo has a sticker and wants a pencil. Kim has a pencil and wants a sticker. What can they do?

A.Buy the store
B.Throw them both away
C.Trade the sticker for the pencil

2.At a farmers' market, who are the sellers?

A.The farmers who grew the food
B.The cars in the parking lot
C.The shoppers with bags

3.Why is money often easier than trading?

A.Money is heavier than goods
B.You can use money to buy from anyone
C.Money grows on trees

4.A farmer takes corn to a market to get money for it. What is the farmer doing?

A.Buying
B.Selling
C.Saving

5.Ana pays $2 for a juice at the store. What is she doing?

A.Trading
B.Buying
C.Selling

6.Long ago, before there were coins, how did many people get what they needed?

A.They shopped online
B.They used credit cards
C.They traded goods

7.Sam swaps his apple for Mia's orange. What is that called?

A.Borrowing
B.Trading
C.Saving

8.You pay a barber to cut your hair. What are you buying?

A.A good
B.A service
C.A trade

LessonPrint · D2.Eco.5.K-2 · Set 2 · free to copy for classroom use

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

Answer key — Trading, Buying and Selling