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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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Circle the best answer.

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

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Answer key — Saving at Town Scale

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

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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.