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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.

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Saving at Town Scale

D2.Eco.10.K-2

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1.The school needs coal every winter. Should the town save for it?
  • A.No, coal is cheap
  • B.No, winter is short
  • C.Yes, a store put by means no cold rooms when delivery fails
2.Why does a town keep a fund at all?
  • A.To look wealthy
  • B.So it can pay for things that cost more than one year's income
  • C.Because banks require it
3.Why might a town borrow instead of saving?
  • A.To avoid voting
  • B.Because saving is banned
  • C.So the roof is mended now rather than in eight years
4.A family saves for a hard winter. What are they protecting against?
  • A.Rain
  • B.Market day
  • C.A time when wages stop or prices rise
5.The town saves 100 a year. How long for an 800 roof?
  • A.Eight months
  • B.Eight years
  • C.Eighty years
6.The roof costs 800 and the fund holds 300. What must the town do?
  • A.Give up the library
  • B.Save until the fund reaches 800
  • C.Mend half the roof
7.What is the cost of saving for the roof?
  • A.Everything else the fund could have paid for meanwhile
  • B.The roof
  • C.Nothing
8.Saving means...
  • A.Never spending
  • B.Spending faster
  • C.Keeping money now so it can be spent later

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Answer key — Saving at Town Scale

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  1. 1.Yes, a store put by means no cold rooms when delivery fails
  2. 2.So it can pay for things that cost more than one year's income
  3. 3.So the roof is mended now rather than in eight years
  4. 4.A time when wages stop or prices rise
  5. 5.Eight years
  6. 6.Save until the fund reaches 800
  7. 7.Everything else the fund could have paid for meanwhile
  8. 8.Keeping money now so it can be spent later

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.10.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.