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