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 8 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, Buying school supplies, Giving to an animal shelter, Putting $5 into a college savings account, Adding coins to a piggy bank for a new bike, Buying a T-shirt
SpendingSavingSharing
2.Sort each one: Spending or Saving or Sharing?
Sort: Opening a savings account at a credit union, Putting money away each week for a family trip, Buying a snack after practice, Donating to a food bank, Paying for a slice of pizza, Giving coins to a children's hospital fundraiser
SpendingSavingSharing
3.Sort each one: Spending or Saving or Sharing?
Sort: Giving to help families after a flood, Keeping $10 aside for an emergency, Paying for a bus ride, Buying a new video game, Sponsoring a classmate in a charity walk, Leaving money in a CD to earn interest
SpendingSavingSharing
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.1.3-5 · Set 8 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Spend Now, Save Later or Give?
Set 8. 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. Buying school supplies — Spending 4. Donating to a library book drive — Sharing 5. Giving to an animal shelter — Sharing 6. Putting $5 into a college savings account — Saving
2.1. Buying a snack after practice — Spending 2. Donating to a food bank — Sharing 3. Giving coins to a children's hospital fundraiser — Sharing 4. Opening a savings account at a credit union — Saving 5. Paying for a slice of pizza — Spending 6. Putting money away each week for a family trip — Saving
3.1. Buying a new video game — Spending 2. Giving to help families after a flood — Sharing 3. Keeping $10 aside for an emergency — Saving 4. Leaving money in a CD to earn interest — 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.