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 13 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 new video game, Leaving money in a CD to earn interest, Putting money away each week for a family trip, Giving to help families after a flood, Giving coins to a children's hospital fundraiser, Buying a T-shirt
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2.Sort each one: Spending or Saving or Sharing?
Sort: Buying school supplies, Donating to a community coat drive, Depositing birthday money in a savings account, Opening a savings account at a credit union, Paying for a bus ride, Giving to an animal shelter
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3.Sort each one: Spending or Saving or Sharing?
Sort: Adding coins to a piggy bank for a new bike, Paying to go bowling, Setting aside part of each allowance for summer camp, Putting part of an allowance in a giving jar for a charity, Donating to a library book drive, Buying a movie ticket
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LessonPrint · D2.Eco.1.3-5 · Set 13 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Spend Now, Save Later or Give?
Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Buying a new video game — Spending 2. Buying a T-shirt — Spending 3. Giving coins to a children's hospital fundraiser — Sharing 4. Giving to help families after a flood — Sharing 5. Leaving money in a CD to earn interest — Saving 6. Putting money away each week for a family trip — Saving
2.1. Buying school supplies — Spending 2. Depositing birthday money in a savings account — Saving 3. Donating to a community coat drive — Sharing 4. Giving to an animal shelter — Sharing 5. Opening a savings account at a credit union — Saving 6. Paying for a bus ride — Spending
3.1. Adding coins to a piggy bank for a new bike — Saving 2. Buying a movie ticket — Spending 3. Donating to a library book drive — Sharing 4. Paying to go bowling — Spending 5. Putting part of an allowance in a giving jar for a charity — Sharing 6. Setting aside part of each allowance for summer camp — Saving
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.1.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.