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 13 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.
Fixed or Variable Expense?
D2.Eco.1.3-5
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A fixed expense costs the same each month. A variable expense changes. Sort each one.
1.Sort each one: Fixed or Variable?
Sort: A gym membership of $30 a month, New clothes, Eating at restaurants, Home insurance of $80 a month
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2.Sort each one: Fixed or Variable?
Sort: A car payment of $250 a month, The water bill, A phone plan that costs the same each month, Heating oil in winter
FixedVariable
3.Sort each one: Fixed or Variable?
Sort: A loan payment that is the same every month, Movie tickets, A music streaming subscription, Gas for the car
FixedVariable
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Answer key — Fixed or Variable Expense?
Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A gym membership of $30 a month — Fixed 2. Eating at restaurants — Variable 3. Home insurance of $80 a month — Fixed 4. New clothes — Variable
2.1. A car payment of $250 a month — Fixed 2. A phone plan that costs the same each month — Fixed 3. Heating oil in winter — Variable 4. The water bill — Variable
3.1. A loan payment that is the same every month — Fixed 2. A music streaming subscription — Fixed 3. Gas for the car — Variable 4. Movie tickets — Variable
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.1.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.