Plan How to Use Your Money is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on writing a plan that balances spending, saving and giving, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Eco.1.3-5. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 21 of them with 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 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
21 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two students have the same paper in front of them.
Plan How to Use Your Money
D2.Eco.1.3-5
NameDate
Write a plan for each one. Use the checklist.
1.You want a $40 game, and you get $5 a week. Write a savings plan that says how many weeks it will take and what you will do to stick to it.
The number of weeks, with your work shown
One way to stick to the plan
What you might give up
2.Describe one planned purchase and one unplanned purchase. Give a cost and a benefit of each.
A planned purchase
An unplanned purchase
A cost and a benefit for each
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.1.3-5 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Plan How to Use Your Money
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.A savings plan of $5 a week for 8 weeks to reach the $40 game, with a way to stick to it and something given up.
2.One planned and one unplanned purchase, each with a cost, such as less money left, and a benefit, such as getting something needed.
Questions about Plan How to Use Your Money
What does the Plan How to Use Your Money worksheet cover?
It practices writing a plan that balances spending, saving and giving — 2 questions for Grade 3 to Grade 5, all on C3 Framework D2.Eco.1.3-5: Weigh up what a choice gains against what it costs. The instruction to students is “Write a plan for each one. Use the checklist”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which C3 Framework indicator does Plan How to Use Your Money practice?
D2.Eco.1.3-5, under Economics for Grade 3 to Grade 5. The published indicator reads: “Compare the benefits and costs of individual choices.” The worksheet assesses that indicator rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Plan How to Use Your Money is written for Grade 3 to Grade 5, typically ages 40-41. It is one of the sheets on D2.Eco.1.3-5, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Plan How to Use Your Money come with an answer key?
Yes. All 2 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 Plan How to Use Your Money can I print?
25 versions, of which 21 ask genuinely different questions — this skill does not have 25 distinct questions to give, so the rest reorder them and no two students still share a paper. Set 1 downloads all 25 as one PDF.
Is Plan How to Use Your Money free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Plan How to Use Your Money, 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.
More practice for D2.Eco.1.3-5
Weigh up what a choice gains against what it costs.