Home / Social Studies / Printables / Kindergarten to Grade 2 / Banks and the Town Fund Banks and the Town Fund is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on the role of a bank, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.9.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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Banks and the Town Fund D2.Eco.9.K-2
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Circle the best answer.
1. Does a bank own the money paid into it?
A. Yes B. Only after a year C. No, it looks after money that belongs to others 2. What do we call money kept in a bank rather than spent?
3. Why might the mill have used a bank in 1868?
A. To store wool B. To weave cloth C. To hold wages and payments safely for 200 workers 4. Does a bank make the goods it lends money for?
A. Yes B. No, it lends money to people who make things C. Only cloth 5. Why is a bank safer than a locked drawer?
A. It is built and guarded to hold money securely B. Banks are nearer C. Drawers are small 6. What is the difference between a bank and the town fund?
A. There is none B. The fund is the town's money; the bank is where money is kept safe C. The fund is bigger 7. The council holds the town fund. Where would it be kept?
A. In a bank, so it is safe until it is voted out B. At the market C. In the town hall cupboard 8. A trader takes 40 on market day. Why use a bank?
A. To make more money appear B. So the takings are safe overnight C. To avoid paying for goods LessonPrint · D2.Eco.9.K-2 · Set 24 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Banks and the Town Fund Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.
1. No, it looks after money that belongs to others 2. Savings 3. To hold wages and payments safely for 200 workers 4. No, it lends money to people who make things 5. It is built and guarded to hold money securely 6. The fund is the town's money; the bank is where money is kept safe 7. In a bank, so it is safe until it is voted out 8. So the takings are safe overnight Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.9.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.