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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: Buying a birthday card for a friend, Buying a car with a loan from a bank, Donating old toys to children who need them, A paycheck from working at a store, Putting $5 in a piggy bank each week

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

Sort: Getting paid for babysitting, Keeping half your allowance for a bike, Giving canned food to a food bank, Borrowing money and paying it back with interest, Paying for a haircut

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

Sort: Giving to a school fundraiser for the library, Not spending your coins so you can buy a game later, Paying for a movie ticket, A family taking out a loan to buy a house, Earning money at a lemonade stand

IncomeSpendingSavingCreditGiving

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

Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. A paycheck from working at a store — Income 2. Buying a birthday card for a friend — Spending 3. Buying a car with a loan from a bank — Credit 4. Donating old toys to children who need them — Giving 5. Putting $5 in a piggy bank each week — Saving
  2. 2.1. Borrowing money and paying it back with interest — Credit 2. Getting paid for babysitting — Income 3. Giving canned food to a food bank — Giving 4. Keeping half your allowance for a bike — Saving 5. Paying for a haircut — Spending
  3. 3.1. A family taking out a loan to buy a house — Credit 2. Earning money at a lemonade stand — Income 3. Giving to a school fundraiser for the library — Giving 4. Not spending your coins so you can buy a game later — Saving 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.