Saving Up for It is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on why people save, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.10.K-2. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
2.A bus fare is 2 coins and you save 2 a week for a 6-coin book. How long?
A.Three weeks
B.Six weeks
C.One week
3.Why might a family save all year?
A.Because banks ask them to
B.For something big, like a holiday or a repair
C.To make the coins heavier
4.Saving means...
A.Keeping money now to spend later
B.Never spending at all
C.Giving money away
5.You spend all your coins each week. What can you never buy?
A.Nothing changes
B.Anything costing more than one week's coins
C.Only sweets
6.Why did the neighbours run a cake stall?
A.To raise money for something they could not buy yet
B.Because cake is nice
C.To use up flour
7.You save 3 coins a week. After four weeks you have...
A.12 coins
B.3 coins
C.4 coins
8.The street needs 30 coins for a tree and has 10. What should they do?
A.Buy a third of a tree
B.Keep raising money until they have 30
C.Give up
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.10.K-2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Saving Up for It
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.You must wait instead of spending now
2.Three weeks
3.For something big, like a holiday or a repair
4.Keeping money now to spend later
5.Anything costing more than one week's coins
6.To raise money for something they could not buy yet
7.12 coins
8.Keep raising money until they have 30
Questions about Saving Up for It
What does the Saving Up for It worksheet cover?
It practises why people save — 8 questions for Kindergarten to Grade 2, all on Common Core D2.Eco.10.K-2: Explain why people save money instead of spending it. The instruction to pupils is “Circle the best answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Saving Up for It practise?
D2.Eco.10.K-2 — D2.Eco.10.K-2, in the Economics domain for Kindergarten to Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Explain why people save.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Saving Up for It is written for Kindergarten to Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on D2.Eco.10.K-2, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Saving Up for It come with an answer key?
Yes. All 8 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Saving Up for It can I print?
25 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Saving Up for It free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Saving Up for It, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
Is there a lesson plan to teach D2.Eco.10.K-2?
Yes — “Saving Up for It” is a 40-minute Kindergarten to Grade 2 plan for D2.Eco.10.K-2, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Saving Up for It is the practice that follows it.
More practice for D2.Eco.10.K-2
Explain why people save money instead of spending it.
Teaching this next? Saving Up for It is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.