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

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Answer key — What the Town Gives Up

Set 6. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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.