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 14 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: Home insurance of $80 a month, The electric bill, Movie tickets, Internet service at a set monthly price
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2.Sort each one: Fixed or Variable?
Sort: Piano lessons at a set price each month, A music streaming subscription, New clothes, Eating at restaurants
FixedVariable
3.Sort each one: Fixed or Variable?
Sort: Gas for the car, A car payment of $250 a month, A loan payment that is the same every month, Heating oil in winter
FixedVariable
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Answer key — Fixed or Variable Expense?
Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Home insurance of $80 a month — Fixed 2. Internet service at a set monthly price — Fixed 3. Movie tickets — Variable 4. The electric bill — Variable
2.1. A music streaming subscription — Fixed 2. Eating at restaurants — Variable 3. New clothes — Variable 4. Piano lessons at a set price each month — Fixed
3.1. A car payment of $250 a month — Fixed 2. A loan payment that is the same every month — Fixed 3. Gas for the car — Variable 4. Heating oil in winter — Variable
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.1.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.