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 21 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: Opening a savings account at a credit union, Giving to an animal shelter, Buying school supplies, Buying a new video game, Donating to a community coat drive, Setting aside part of each allowance for summer camp
SpendingSavingSharing
2.Sort each one: Spending or Saving or Sharing?
Sort: Keeping $10 aside for an emergency, Paying for a bus ride, Putting money away each week for a family trip, Buying a T-shirt, Giving to help families after a flood, Donating to a library book drive
SpendingSavingSharing
3.Sort each one: Spending or Saving or Sharing?
Sort: Paying for a slice of pizza, Buying a snack after practice, Adding coins to a piggy bank for a new bike, Leaving money in a CD to earn interest, Donating to a food bank, Putting part of an allowance in a giving jar for a charity
SpendingSavingSharing
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.1.3-5 · Set 21 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Spend Now, Save Later or Give?
Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Buying a new video game — Spending 2. Buying school supplies — Spending 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. Setting aside part of each allowance for summer camp — Saving
2.1. Buying a T-shirt — Spending 2. Donating to a library book drive — Sharing 3. Giving to help families after a flood — Sharing 4. Keeping $10 aside for an emergency — Saving 5. Paying for a bus ride — Spending 6. Putting money away each week for a family trip — Saving
3.1. Adding coins to a piggy bank for a new bike — Saving 2. Buying a snack after practice — Spending 3. Donating to a food bank — Sharing 4. Leaving money in a CD to earn interest — Saving 5. Paying for a slice of pizza — Spending 6. Putting part of an allowance in a giving jar for a charity — Sharing
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.1.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.