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What the Town Gives Up is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on the cost of a choice, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.2.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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What the Town Gives Up

D2.Eco.2.K-2

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Circle the best answer.

1.The council raises the river wall instead of widening the bridge. What is the cost?
  • A.The wall
  • B.The river
  • C.The bridge stays narrow for now
2.Emma works at the mill instead of going to school. What is the cost?
  • A.The wages
  • B.The mill
  • C.The schooling she does not get
3.The town bans hoses in a dry summer. What is the cost?
  • A.The reservoir
  • B.Gardens suffer while the reservoir refills
  • C.The summer
4.The council spends 800 pounds on the roof. What is given up?
  • A.Whatever else the town fund could have paid for
  • B.The roof
  • C.The council
5.The museum keeps the shuttle in a case. What is given up?
  • A.The shuttle
  • B.Nobody can handle it or use it
  • C.The case
6.The school closes for the flood. What is the cost?
  • A.The school
  • B.Three days of lessons the children do not get
  • C.The flood
7.The market takes the whole Square on Tuesday. What is the cost?
  • A.Nobody can park or cross the Square that day
  • B.The market
  • C.Tuesday
8.The council debates for an hour before voting. What is the cost?
  • A.The debate
  • B.The vote
  • C.An hour that could have gone to another item

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Answer key — What the Town Gives Up

Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The bridge stays narrow for now
  2. 2.The schooling she does not get
  3. 3.Gardens suffer while the reservoir refills
  4. 4.Whatever else the town fund could have paid for
  5. 5.Nobody can handle it or use it
  6. 6.Three days of lessons the children do not get
  7. 7.Nobody can park or cross the Square that day
  8. 8.An hour that could have gone to another item

More practice for D2.Eco.2.K-2

Name what you gain and what you give up when you make a choice.

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