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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: Not spending your coins so you can buy a game later, Paying for a movie ticket, Putting money in a jar for disaster relief, Borrowing money and paying it back with interest, Getting paid $8 for walking a neighbor's dog

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

Sort: Giving to a school fundraiser for the library, Putting birthday money in a college savings account, Borrowing $10 from your brother and paying him back Friday, Buying a new pair of sneakers, Being paid to mow a lawn

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

Sort: Earning money at a lemonade stand, Buying a birthday card for a friend, Opening a savings account at a bank, Donating $5 to an animal shelter, Paying for a couch over six months, with interest

IncomeSpendingSavingCreditGiving

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

Set 5. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Borrowing money and paying it back with interest — Credit 2. Getting paid $8 for walking a neighbor's dog — Income 3. Not spending your coins so you can buy a game later — Saving 4. Paying for a movie ticket — Spending 5. Putting money in a jar for disaster relief — Giving
  2. 2.1. Being paid to mow a lawn — Income 2. Borrowing $10 from your brother and paying him back Friday — Credit 3. Buying a new pair of sneakers — Spending 4. Giving to a school fundraiser for the library — Giving 5. Putting birthday money in a college savings account — Saving
  3. 3.1. Buying a birthday card for a friend — Spending 2. Donating $5 to an animal shelter — Giving 3. Earning money at a lemonade stand — Income 4. Opening a savings account at a bank — Saving 5. Paying for a couch over six months, with interest — Credit

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