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Choices at Brightside Center

Read about choices at a city recreation center and practice deciding between wants when money or time is limited.

Grade 1Social StudiesInteractive · Printable

Aligned toECO.1.3

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  • 1 C3 Framework standard
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 1
Subject
Social Studies
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students make choices between wants when money or time is limited.
  • Students identify what is given up after choosing a want.

How to use

Read the passage aloud, then discuss how money and time affect each choice. Have students explain what is given up in the final problem.

Curriculum

C3 Framework standard covered

ECO.1.3

Make choices between wants when money or time is limited, and tell what is given up.

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Choices at Brightside Center

Think about what you choose and what you give up.

Read about Brightside Center

Listen as the passage is read. Then answer the questions.

An Afternoon at the Center

Brightside Recreation Center is next to a busy subway stop in a big-city neighborhood. On Saturday, it offers free activities for children. The center also has a small snack cart.

Jayden has $3 to spend. A fruit cup costs $2, and a pretzel costs $2. He chooses the fruit cup. The two snacks are wants. Jayden can buy one snack because both snacks cost $4 together.

Jayden also has 30 minutes for one activity. Basketball and dance both start at 1:00 and end at 1:30. He joins basketball. He cannot be in both activities during the same 30 minutes.

1.
Jayden wants both snacks. What choice fits the $3 he has?
  • A. Buy both snacks for $4.
  • B. Buy one of the $2 snacks.
  • C. Buy two fruit cups for $4.
  • D. Buy a $5 snack.
2.
Word bank: pretzel · basketball · dance

If Jayden chooses the fruit cup, he gives up the  .

3.
What keeps Jayden from joining both activities?
  • A. They take place during the same 30 minutes.
  • B. The center charges for both activities.
  • C. The snack cart closes at 1:00.
  • D. Basketball starts after dance ends.
4.
Draw a line from each choice to the want that is given up.
  1. Fruit cup
  2. Basketball
  1. A. Dance
  2. B. Pretzel
5.
Circle the two details that show Jayden's time is limited.

Basketball and dance both start at 1:00.Basketball and dance both end at 1:30.A fruit cup costs $2.Jayden has $3.

6.
Jayden now has $4. He still wants the fruit cup and pretzel. What can he do now that he could not do with $3?
  • A. Buy neither snack.
  • B. Buy one snack.
  • C. Buy a $5 snack.
  • D. Buy both $2 snacks.

Make more choices

Read each situation. Think about the want that is chosen and the want that is given up.

7.
At a snack cart in the neighborhood, Priya has $5. A sandwich costs $4, and a juice costs $2. Which choice can Priya afford?
  • A. Both the sandwich and the juice
  • B. Two sandwiches
  • C. The sandwich only
  • D. A $6 meal
8.
At 2:00, Omar has 20 minutes. A music game and a drawing lesson both start at 2:00 and last 20 minutes. If Omar chooses drawing, what does he give up?
  • A. The music game
  • B. His $5
  • C. His sandwich
  • D. His subway ticket
9.
Sort each situation by what is limited.
Nia has $4, and two toys cost $3 each.Sam has 15 minutes, and two games start together.Tariq has $5, and two snacks cost $6 together.Lena has 30 minutes, and two classes meet from 3:00 to 3:30.
Money is limitedTime is limited
10.
Which person gives up a want because time is limited?
  • A. Mia picks a $3 juice instead of a $3 muffin because she has $3.
  • B. Diego joins chess instead of a puzzle because both start at 2:00.
  • C. Asha picks a $2 sticker sheet instead of a $2 bookmark because she has $2.
  • D. Luis buys a $4 sandwich instead of a $3 juice because he has $4.
11.
Circle the two examples where money is limited.

Ari has $4 and chooses a $3 sandwich instead of a $3 salad.Bea has 20 minutes and picks one class.Cole has $5 and chooses a $4 notebook instead of a $3 pen.Dara has 15 minutes and picks chess instead of a puzzle game.

12.
Word bank: drawing class · time · money

Jules has 15 minutes. A music class and a drawing class start together and last 15 minutes. Jules chooses music. Jules gives up the  . The limit is  .

13.
At Brightside Center, Kai has $6. A sandwich costs $4, and a smoothie costs $3. Kai chooses the sandwich. What does Kai give up? Use the prices to explain why Kai cannot get both.

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