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 23 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 T-shirt, Giving to an animal shelter, Paying for a slice of pizza, Giving coins to a children's hospital fundraiser, Adding coins to a piggy bank for a new bike, Depositing birthday money in a savings account
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2.Sort each one: Spending or Saving or Sharing?
Sort: Buying a snack after practice, Buying school supplies, Putting money away each week for a family trip, Giving to help families after a flood, Donating to a library book drive, Keeping $10 aside for an emergency
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3.Sort each one: Spending or Saving or Sharing?
Sort: Donating to a food bank, Paying to go bowling, Putting $5 into a college savings account, Buying a movie ticket, Opening a savings account at a credit union, Donating to a community coat drive
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LessonPrint · D2.Eco.1.3-5 · Set 23 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Spend Now, Save Later or Give?
Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Adding coins to a piggy bank for a new bike — Saving 2. Buying a T-shirt — Spending 3. Depositing birthday money in a savings account — Saving 4. Giving coins to a children's hospital fundraiser — Sharing 5. Giving to an animal shelter — Sharing 6. Paying for a slice of pizza — Spending
2.1. Buying a snack after practice — Spending 2. Buying school supplies — Spending 3. Donating to a library book drive — Sharing 4. Giving to help families after a flood — Sharing 5. Keeping $10 aside for an emergency — Saving 6. Putting money away each week for a family trip — Saving
3.1. Buying a movie ticket — Spending 2. Donating to a community coat drive — Sharing 3. Donating to a food bank — Sharing 4. Opening a savings account at a credit union — Saving 5. Paying to go bowling — Spending 6. Putting $5 into a college savings account — Saving
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.1.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.