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: Paying for a haircut, A paycheck from working at a store, Adding money to a savings jar, Buying a car with a loan from a bank, Giving canned food to a food bank
IncomeSpendingSavingCreditGiving
2.Sort each one: Income or Spending or Saving or Credit or Giving?
Sort: Donating old toys to children who need them, Borrowing money and paying it back with interest, Putting birthday money in a college savings account, Buying lunch in the school cafeteria, Getting paid for babysitting
IncomeSpendingSavingCreditGiving
3.Sort each one: Income or Spending or Saving or Credit or Giving?
Sort: Getting paid $8 for walking a neighbor's dog, Using a credit card to buy shoes and paying the bank later, Buying a birthday card for a friend, Sponsoring a friend in a charity walk, Putting $5 in a piggy bank each week
IncomeSpendingSavingCreditGiving
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.1.3-5 · Set 3 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Income, Spending, Saving, Credit or Giving?
Set 3. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. 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. Giving canned food to a food bank — Giving 5. Paying for a haircut — Spending
2.1. Borrowing money and paying it back with interest — Credit 2. Buying lunch in the school cafeteria — Spending 3. Donating old toys to children who need them — Giving 4. Getting paid for babysitting — Income 5. Putting birthday money in a college savings account — Saving
3.1. Buying a birthday card for a friend — Spending 2. Getting paid $8 for walking a neighbor's dog — Income 3. Putting $5 in a piggy bank each week — Saving 4. Sponsoring a friend in a charity walk — Giving 5. Using a credit card to buy shoes and paying the bank later — Credit
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.1.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.