Spend Now, Save Later or Give? is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on sorting uses of money into spending, saving and sharing, 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 11 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.
Spend Now, Save Later or Give?
D2.Eco.1.3-5
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Sort each use of money: spending, saving or sharing.
1.Sort each one: Spending or Saving or Sharing?
Sort: Buying a movie ticket, Depositing birthday money in a savings account, Donating to a community coat drive, Buying a new video game, Setting aside part of each allowance for summer camp, Giving to an animal shelter
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2.Sort each one: Spending or Saving or Sharing?
Sort: Paying for a bus ride, Opening a savings account at a credit union, Giving coins to a children's hospital fundraiser, Putting $5 into a college savings account, Buying school supplies, Donating to a library book drive
SpendingSavingSharing
3.Sort each one: Spending or Saving or Sharing?
Sort: Adding coins to a piggy bank for a new bike, Putting part of an allowance in a giving jar for a charity, Keeping $10 aside for an emergency, Sponsoring a classmate in a charity walk, Paying to go bowling, Buying a snack after practice
SpendingSavingSharing
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.1.3-5 · Set 11 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Spend Now, Save Later or Give?
Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Buying a movie ticket — Spending 2. Buying a new video game — Spending 3. Depositing birthday money in a savings account — Saving 4. Donating to a community coat drive — Sharing 5. Giving to an animal shelter — Sharing 6. Setting aside part of each allowance for summer camp — Saving
2.1. Buying school supplies — Spending 2. Donating to a library book drive — Sharing 3. Giving coins to a children's hospital fundraiser — Sharing 4. Opening a savings account at a credit union — Saving 5. Paying for a bus ride — Spending 6. Putting $5 into a college savings account — Saving
3.1. Adding coins to a piggy bank for a new bike — Saving 2. Buying a snack after practice — Spending 3. Keeping $10 aside for an emergency — Saving 4. Paying to go bowling — Spending 5. Putting part of an allowance in a giving jar for a charity — Sharing 6. Sponsoring a classmate in a charity walk — Sharing
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.1.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.