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.
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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: Eating at restaurants, A music streaming subscription, A phone plan that costs the same each month, Gas for the car
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2.Sort each one: Fixed or Variable?
Sort: Birthday presents for friends, Movie tickets, A loan payment that is the same every month, Piano lessons at a set price each month
FixedVariable
3.Sort each one: Fixed or Variable?
Sort: Internet service at a set monthly price, The electric bill, Rent of $900 every month, The water bill
FixedVariable
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Answer key — Fixed or Variable Expense?
Set 15. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A music streaming subscription — Fixed 2. A phone plan that costs the same each month — Fixed 3. Eating at restaurants — Variable 4. Gas for the car — Variable
2.1. A loan payment that is the same every month — Fixed 2. Birthday presents for friends — Variable 3. Movie tickets — Variable 4. Piano lessons at a set price each month — Fixed
3.1. Internet service at a set monthly price — Fixed 2. Rent of $900 every month — Fixed 3. The electric bill — Variable 4. The water bill — Variable
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.1.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.