Plan How to Use Your Money is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on writing a plan that balances spending, saving and giving, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Eco.1.3-5. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 21 of them with 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.
Set 10 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 21 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two students have the same paper in front of them.
Plan How to Use Your Money
D2.Eco.1.3-5
NameDate
Write a plan for each one. Use the checklist.
1.Write a plan to start saving today for college or another future goal. Say how much you would save and how often.
The goal
How much and how often
Why saving early helps
2.You want a $40 game, and you get $5 a week. Write a savings plan that says how many weeks it will take and what you will do to stick to it.
The number of weeks, with your work shown
One way to stick to the plan
What you might give up
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.1.3-5 · Set 10 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Plan How to Use Your Money
Set 10. Prints on its own sheet.
1.A goal such as college, an amount saved and how often, and a reason saving early helps the goal.
2.A savings plan of $5 a week for 8 weeks to reach the $40 game, with a way to stick to it and something given up.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.1.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.