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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: Getting paid for babysitting, Borrowing $10 from your brother and paying him back Friday, Opening a savings account at a bank, Putting money in a jar for disaster relief, Paying for a movie ticket

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

Sort: A paycheck from working at a store, Giving canned food to a food bank, A family taking out a loan to buy a house, Buying a birthday card for a friend, Keeping half your allowance for a bike

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

Sort: Borrowing money and paying it back with interest, Earning money at a lemonade stand, Giving to a school fundraiser for the library, Putting birthday money in a college savings account, Buying a new pair of sneakers

IncomeSpendingSavingCreditGiving

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

Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Borrowing $10 from your brother and paying him back Friday — Credit 2. Getting paid for babysitting — Income 3. Opening a savings account at a bank — Saving 4. Paying for a movie ticket — Spending 5. Putting money in a jar for disaster relief — Giving
  2. 2.1. A family taking out a loan to buy a house — Credit 2. A paycheck from working at a store — Income 3. Buying a birthday card for a friend — Spending 4. Giving canned food to a food bank — Giving 5. Keeping half your allowance for a bike — Saving
  3. 3.1. Borrowing money and paying it back with interest — Credit 2. Buying a new pair of sneakers — Spending 3. Earning money at a lemonade stand — Income 4. Giving to a school fundraiser for the library — Giving 5. Putting birthday money in a college savings account — Saving

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