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

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Answer key — What the Town Gives Up

Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.

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