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Income, Spending, Saving, Credit or Giving? is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on naming the kind of money decision, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Eco.1.3-5. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students 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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Income, Spending, Saving, Credit or Giving?

D2.Eco.1.3-5

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Sort each money decision into its group.

1.Sort each one: Income or Spending or Saving or Credit or Giving?

Sort: Being paid to mow a lawn, Buying a birthday card for a friend, A family taking out a loan to buy a house, Keeping half your allowance for a bike, Putting money in a jar for disaster relief

IncomeSpendingSavingCreditGiving
2.Sort each one: Income or Spending or Saving or Credit or Giving?

Sort: Borrowing $10 from your brother and paying him back Friday, Earning $5 for washing a neighbor's car, Putting $5 in a piggy bank each week, Giving canned food to a food bank, Buying lunch in the school cafeteria

IncomeSpendingSavingCreditGiving
3.Sort each one: Income or Spending or Saving or Credit or Giving?

Sort: Paying for a movie ticket, Adding money to a savings jar, A paycheck from working at a store, Donating $5 to an animal shelter, Buying a car with a loan from a bank

IncomeSpendingSavingCreditGiving

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Answer key — Income, Spending, Saving, Credit or Giving?

Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. A family taking out a loan to buy a house — Credit 2. Being paid to mow a lawn — Income 3. Buying a birthday card for a friend — Spending 4. Keeping half your allowance for a bike — Saving 5. Putting money in a jar for disaster relief — Giving
  2. 2.1. Borrowing $10 from your brother and paying him back Friday — Credit 2. Buying lunch in the school cafeteria — Spending 3. Earning $5 for washing a neighbor's car — Income 4. Giving canned food to a food bank — Giving 5. Putting $5 in a piggy bank each week — Saving
  3. 3.1. A paycheck from working at a store — Income 2. Adding money to a savings jar — Saving 3. Buying a car with a loan from a bank — Credit 4. Donating $5 to an animal shelter — Giving 5. Paying for a movie ticket — Spending

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.1.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.