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: Internet service at a set monthly price, Eating at restaurants, Piano lessons at a set price each month, Heating oil in winter
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2.Sort each one: Fixed or Variable?
Sort: Home insurance of $80 a month, New clothes, Groceries, A music streaming subscription
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3.Sort each one: Fixed or Variable?
Sort: The electric bill, Rent of $900 every month, A car payment of $250 a month, Birthday presents for friends
FixedVariable
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.1.3-5 · Set 7 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Fixed or Variable Expense?
Set 7. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Eating at restaurants — Variable 2. Heating oil in winter — Variable 3. Internet service at a set monthly price — Fixed 4. Piano lessons at a set price each month — Fixed
2.1. A music streaming subscription — Fixed 2. Groceries — Variable 3. Home insurance of $80 a month — Fixed 4. New clothes — Variable
3.1. A car payment of $250 a month — Fixed 2. Birthday presents for friends — Variable 3. Rent of $900 every 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.