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 3 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.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
2.A friend wants to borrow $10 from you. Write what you would agree on about paying it back, and why that matters.
When the $10 will be paid back
Who is responsible for paying it back
Why paying back matters
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.1.3-5 · Set 3 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Plan How to Use Your Money
Set 3. Prints on its own sheet.
1.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.
2.An agreement on when the friend will pay back the $10, saying the borrower is responsible, and why paying back keeps trust.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.1.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.