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 15 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, Paying for a slice of pizza, Giving to help families after a flood, Putting money away each week for a family trip, Depositing birthday money in a savings account, Donating to a library book drive
SpendingSavingSharing
2.Sort each one: Spending or Saving or Sharing?
Sort: Sponsoring a classmate in a charity walk, Buying a new video game, Putting $5 into a college savings account, Donating to a food bank, Adding coins to a piggy bank for a new bike, Paying to go bowling
SpendingSavingSharing
3.Sort each one: Spending or Saving or Sharing?
Sort: Keeping $10 aside for an emergency, Donating to a community coat drive, Leaving money in a CD to earn interest, Buying a snack after practice, Paying for a bus ride, Giving to an animal shelter
SpendingSavingSharing
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.1.3-5 · Set 15 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Spend Now, Save Later or Give?
Set 15. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Buying a movie ticket — Spending 2. Depositing birthday money in a savings account — Saving 3. Donating to a library book drive — Sharing 4. Giving to help families after a flood — Sharing 5. Paying for a slice of pizza — Spending 6. Putting money away each week for a family trip — Saving
2.1. Adding coins to a piggy bank for a new bike — Saving 2. Buying a new video game — Spending 3. Donating to a food bank — Sharing 4. Paying to go bowling — Spending 5. Putting $5 into a college savings account — Saving 6. Sponsoring a classmate in a charity walk — Sharing
3.1. Buying a snack after practice — Spending 2. Donating to a community coat drive — Sharing 3. Giving to an animal shelter — Sharing 4. Keeping $10 aside for an emergency — Saving 5. Leaving money in a CD to earn interest — Saving 6. Paying for a bus ride — Spending
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.1.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.