Reading a Simple Budget is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on finding what a budget spends, saves and gives, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D3.1.3-5. It prints 2 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.
Set 17 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Reading a Simple Budget
D3.1.3-5
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Read each budget, then answer the questions. Show your work.
1.Read the budget, then answer the questions.
Jada's Lemonade Stand: One Saturday
A budget written for this worksheet.
Money in from sales: $30
Paid back to Mom for lemons and sugar: $9
Saved for summer camp: $15
Given to the library book drive: $3
Spent on a movie ticket: $3
1. What is Jada saving for?
2. How much did Jada save and give in all?
3. Why did Jada pay her mom back first?
2.Read the budget, then answer the questions.
Maya's Monthly Budget
A budget written for this worksheet.
Money in: $20 for doing chores
Save: $10 in her savings account
Spend: $8 on art supplies
Give: $2 to the animal shelter
1. Where does Maya give money?
2. If Maya spent nothing on art supplies one month, how much could she save that month?
3. Does Maya's budget use all of the money in? How do you know?
LessonPrint · D3.1.3-5 · Set 17 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Reading a Simple Budget
Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Summer camp. 2. $15 + $3 = $18 3. The lemons and sugar were a cost of running the stand.
2.1. To the animal shelter. 2. $10 + $8 = $18 3. Yes: $10 + $8 + $2 = $20. That is the same as the money in.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D3.1.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.