Fixed or Variable Expense? is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on telling fixed expenses from variable ones, 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.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
A fixed expense costs the same each month. A variable expense changes. Sort each one.
1.Sort each one: Fixed or Variable?
Sort: Piano lessons at a set price each month, The water bill, A phone plan that costs the same each month, Eating at restaurants
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2.Sort each one: Fixed or Variable?
Sort: Birthday presents for friends, Internet service at a set monthly price, A loan payment that is the same every month, Gas for the car
FixedVariable
3.Sort each one: Fixed or Variable?
Sort: A gym membership of $30 a month, A car payment of $250 a month, Groceries, Heating oil in winter
FixedVariable
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.1.3-5 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Fixed or Variable Expense?
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A phone plan that costs the same each month — Fixed 2. Eating at restaurants — Variable 3. Piano lessons at a set price each month — Fixed 4. The water bill — Variable
2.1. A loan payment that is the same every month — Fixed 2. Birthday presents for friends — Variable 3. Gas for the car — Variable 4. Internet service at a set monthly price — Fixed
3.1. A car payment of $250 a month — Fixed 2. A gym membership of $30 a month — Fixed 3. Groceries — Variable 4. Heating oil in winter — Variable
Questions about Fixed or Variable Expense?
What does the Fixed or Variable Expense? worksheet cover?
It practices telling fixed expenses from variable ones — 3 questions for Grade 3 to Grade 5, all on C3 Framework D2.Eco.1.3-5: Weigh up what a choice gains against what it costs. The instruction to students is “A fixed expense costs the same each month. A variable expense changes. Sort each one”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which C3 Framework indicator does Fixed or Variable Expense? practice?
D2.Eco.1.3-5, under Economics for Grade 3 to Grade 5. The published indicator reads: “Compare the benefits and costs of individual choices.” The worksheet assesses that indicator rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Fixed or Variable Expense? is written for Grade 3 to Grade 5, typically ages 40-41. It is one of the sheets on D2.Eco.1.3-5, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Fixed or Variable Expense? come with an answer key?
Yes. All 3 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Fixed or Variable Expense? can I print?
25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Fixed or Variable Expense? free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Fixed or Variable Expense?, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
More practice for D2.Eco.1.3-5
Weigh up what a choice gains against what it costs.