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Balancing a Family Budget is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on balancing a family budget, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Eco.1.3-5. It prints 6 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.

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Balancing a Family Budget

D2.Eco.1.3-5

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Read the budget and answer the questions, then circle the best answers.

1.Look at the source, then answer the questions.

The Johnson Family's Budget for March

A family budget written for this worksheet. Income: paychecks, $2,800 Rent: $1,100 Food: $550 Car payment and gas: $450 Electricity and water: $250 Phone: $100 Concert tickets: $200 Eating out: $300 Total spending: $2,950

  1. 1. Is the budget balanced? Give the difference.
  2. 2. Why would cutting the rent be a poor way to fix this budget?
  3. 3. If the family cut eating out by $150, would the budget balance? Write the number sentences.
  4. 4. Which two lines are wants the family could cut?
2.Ty earns $60 a month and spends $45. How much can he save?
  • A.$60 − $45 = $15
  • B.$105
  • C.$25
3.A family's income is $2,000 and its expenses are $2,150. By how much is the budget over?
  • A.$50
  • B.$2,150 − $2,000 = $150
  • C.$4,150
4.A family's income is $1,700. It spends $900 on rent, $400 on food and $500 on everything else. By how much is it short?
  • A.$3,500
  • B.$900 + $400 + $500 = $1,800; $1,800 − $1,700 = $100
  • C.$200
5.What does it mean when a budget is balanced?
  • A.There is no income at all
  • B.Spending and saving add up to no more than income
  • C.Spending is more than income
6.Why is borrowing on a credit card every month to cover a budget shortfall risky?
  • A.The debt and the interest on it keep growing
  • B.Credit cards never charge interest
  • C.It makes the budget balance for good

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Answer key — Balancing a Family Budget

Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. No: $2,950 − $2,800 = $150 more than the income. 2. Rent pays for housing, which is a need, and cannot simply be cut. 3. Yes: $2,950 − $150 = $2,800. That equals the income. 4. Eating out and concert tickets.
  2. 2.$60 − $45 = $15
  3. 3.$2,150 − $2,000 = $150
  4. 4.$900 + $400 + $500 = $1,800; $1,800 − $1,700 = $100
  5. 5.Spending and saving add up to no more than income
  6. 6.The debt and the interest on it keep growing

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.1.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.