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 16 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: Donating to a library book drive, Paying for a bus ride, Buying school supplies, Putting $5 into a college savings account, Giving to help families after a flood, Depositing birthday money in a savings account
SpendingSavingSharing
2.Sort each one: Spending or Saving or Sharing?
Sort: Keeping $10 aside for an emergency, Buying a T-shirt, Giving to an animal shelter, Opening a savings account at a credit union, Donating to a community coat drive, Buying a snack after practice
SpendingSavingSharing
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, Donating to a food bank, Sponsoring a classmate in a charity walk, Buying a new video game
SpendingSavingSharing
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.1.3-5 · Set 16 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Spend Now, Save Later or Give?
Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Buying school supplies — 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 bus ride — Spending 6. Putting $5 into a college savings account — Saving
2.1. Buying a snack after practice — Spending 2. Buying a T-shirt — Spending 3. Donating to a community coat drive — Sharing 4. Giving to an animal shelter — Sharing 5. Keeping $10 aside for an emergency — Saving 6. Opening a savings account at a credit union — Saving
3.1. 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. Setting aside part of each allowance for summer camp — Saving 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.