Saving at Town Scale is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on why people save, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.10.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.
2.The town saves 100 a year. How long for an 800 roof?
A.Eight years
B.Eight months
C.Eighty years
3.The school needs coal every winter. Should the town save for it?
A.Yes, a store put by means no cold rooms when delivery fails
B.No, winter is short
C.No, coal is cheap
4.The roof costs 800 and the fund holds 300. What must the town do?
A.Mend half the roof
B.Save until the fund reaches 800
C.Give up the library
5.Why does a town keep a fund at all?
A.To look wealthy
B.Because banks require it
C.So it can pay for things that cost more than one year's income
6.Why might a town borrow instead of saving?
A.So the roof is mended now rather than in eight years
B.Because saving is banned
C.To avoid voting
7.A family saves for a hard winter. What are they protecting against?
A.Market day
B.Rain
C.A time when wages stop or prices rise
8.What is the cost of saving for the roof?
A.The roof
B.Everything else the fund could have paid for meanwhile
C.Nothing
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Answer key — Saving at Town Scale
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.Keeping money now so it can be spent later
2.Eight years
3.Yes, a store put by means no cold rooms when delivery fails
4.Save until the fund reaches 800
5.So it can pay for things that cost more than one year's income
6.So the roof is mended now rather than in eight years
7.A time when wages stop or prices rise
8.Everything else the fund could have paid for meanwhile
Questions about Saving at Town Scale
What does the Saving at Town Scale worksheet cover?
It practises why people save — 8 questions for Kindergarten to Grade 2, all on Common Core D2.Eco.10.K-2: Explain why people save money instead of spending it. The instruction to pupils is “Circle the best answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Saving at Town Scale practise?
D2.Eco.10.K-2 — D2.Eco.10.K-2, in the Economics domain for Kindergarten to Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Explain why people save.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Saving at Town Scale is written for Kindergarten to Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on D2.Eco.10.K-2, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Saving at Town Scale 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 Saving at Town Scale 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 Saving at Town Scale free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Saving at Town Scale, 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.10.K-2?
Yes — “Saving at Town Scale” is a 40-minute Kindergarten to Grade 2 plan for D2.Eco.10.K-2, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Saving at Town Scale is the practice that follows it.
More practice for D2.Eco.10.K-2
Explain why people save money instead of spending it.
Teaching this next? Saving at Town Scale is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.