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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: Giving to a school fundraiser for the library, Buying a birthday card for a friend, Earning $5 for washing a neighbor's car, Opening a savings account at a bank, A family taking out a loan to buy a house

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

Sort: Getting paid $8 for walking a neighbor's dog, Buying lunch in the school cafeteria, Buying a car with a loan from a bank, Donating old toys to children who need them, Keeping half your allowance for a bike

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

Sort: Paying $3 for a bus ride, Earning money at a lemonade stand, Borrowing $10 from your brother and paying him back Friday, Donating $5 to an animal shelter, Adding money to a savings jar

IncomeSpendingSavingCreditGiving

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

Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. A family taking out a loan to buy a house — Credit 2. Buying a birthday card for a friend — Spending 3. Earning $5 for washing a neighbor's car — Income 4. Giving to a school fundraiser for the library — Giving 5. Opening a savings account at a bank — Saving
  2. 2.1. Buying a car with a loan from a bank — Credit 2. Buying lunch in the school cafeteria — Spending 3. Donating old toys to children who need them — Giving 4. Getting paid $8 for walking a neighbor's dog — Income 5. Keeping half your allowance for a bike — Saving
  3. 3.1. Adding money to a savings jar — Saving 2. Borrowing $10 from your brother and paying him back Friday — Credit 3. Donating $5 to an animal shelter — Giving 4. Earning money at a lemonade stand — Income 5. Paying $3 for a bus ride — Spending

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