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: Heating oil in winter, A gym membership of $30 a month, Birthday presents for friends, A loan payment that is the same every month
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2.Sort each one: Fixed or Variable?
Sort: Eating at restaurants, Piano lessons at a set price each month, New clothes, A phone plan that costs the same each month
FixedVariable
3.Sort each one: Fixed or Variable?
Sort: The electric bill, Gas for the car, A music streaming subscription, Home insurance of $80 a month
FixedVariable
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.1.3-5 · Set 3 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Fixed or Variable Expense?
Set 3. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A gym membership of $30 a month — Fixed 2. A loan payment that is the same every month — Fixed 3. Birthday presents for friends — Variable 4. Heating oil in winter — Variable
2.1. A phone plan that costs the same each month — Fixed 2. Eating at restaurants — Variable 3. New clothes — Variable 4. Piano lessons at a set price each month — Fixed
3.1. A music streaming subscription — Fixed 2. Gas for the car — Variable 3. Home insurance of $80 a month — Fixed 4. The electric bill — Variable
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.1.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.