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: Movie tickets, Gas for the car, A phone plan that costs the same each month, A music streaming subscription
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2.Sort each one: Fixed or Variable?
Sort: A car payment of $250 a month, Piano lessons at a set price each month, The water bill, Eating at restaurants
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3.Sort each one: Fixed or Variable?
Sort: Internet service at a set monthly price, A loan payment that is the same every month, Heating oil in winter, Birthday presents for friends
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Answer key — Fixed or Variable Expense?
Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A music streaming subscription — Fixed 2. A phone plan that costs the same each month — Fixed 3. Gas for the car — Variable 4. Movie tickets — Variable
2.1. A car payment of $250 a month — Fixed 2. Eating at restaurants — Variable 3. Piano lessons at a set price each month — Fixed 4. The water bill — Variable
3.1. A loan payment that is the same every month — Fixed 2. Birthday presents for friends — Variable 3. Heating oil in winter — Variable 4. Internet service at a set monthly price — Fixed
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.1.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.