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 18 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 food bank, Giving coins to a children's hospital fundraiser, Setting aside part of each allowance for summer camp, Paying for a bus ride, Adding coins to a piggy bank for a new bike, Buying school supplies
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2.Sort each one: Spending or Saving or Sharing?
Sort: Paying for a slice of pizza, Buying a new video game, Putting $5 into a college savings account, Opening a savings account at a credit union, Giving to help families after a flood, Putting part of an allowance in a giving jar for a charity
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3.Sort each one: Spending or Saving or Sharing?
Sort: Buying a T-shirt, Paying to go bowling, Sponsoring a classmate in a charity walk, Donating to a library book drive, Putting money away each week for a family trip, Keeping $10 aside for an emergency
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LessonPrint · D2.Eco.1.3-5 · Set 18 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Spend Now, Save Later or Give?
Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Adding coins to a piggy bank for a new bike — Saving 2. Buying school supplies — Spending 3. Donating to a food bank — Sharing 4. Giving coins to a children's hospital fundraiser — Sharing 5. Paying for a bus ride — Spending 6. Setting aside part of each allowance for summer camp — Saving
2.1. Buying a new video game — Spending 2. Giving to help families after a flood — Sharing 3. Opening a savings account at a credit union — Saving 4. Paying for a slice of pizza — Spending 5. Putting $5 into a college savings account — Saving 6. Putting part of an allowance in a giving jar for a charity — Sharing
3.1. Buying a T-shirt — Spending 2. Donating to a library book drive — Sharing 3. Keeping $10 aside for an emergency — Saving 4. Paying to go bowling — Spending 5. Putting money away each week for a family trip — 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.