Looking for budgeting worksheets? Help students practice personal finance, consumer math, budgeting, and financial literacy skills with this FREE budgeting worksheet and shopping challenge!

Students make real-world purchasing decisions while shopping at the fictional Under Ten store. They compare prices, choose items, calculate totals, create two different shopping plans, and stay within a $26 spending limit.

This engaging free budgeting worksheet also supports functional math, money management, calculator skills, and independent living skills while giving students meaningful practice with everyday spending decisions.

This activity can be used as part of a personal finance curriculum, financial literacy curriculum, consumer math curriculum, functional math curriculum, life skills curriculum, or transition program.

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Students Practice

• Budgeting
• Personal Finance
• Consumer Math
• Financial Literacy
• Functional Math
• Money Management
• Comparing Prices
• Calculating Totals
• Purchasing Decisions
• Staying Within a Spending Limit
• Independent Living Skills
• Real-World Problem Solving

What's Included?

• 1 Full-Color Under Ten Budgeting Worksheet
• 10 Items with Realistic Prices
• 2 Different Shopping Plans
• Printable PDF
• Resource Recommendation Page

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Perfect For

• Budgeting
• Personal Finance
• Personal Finance Curriculum
• Consumer Math
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• Financial Literacy
• Financial Literacy Curriculum
• Functional Math
• Functional Math Curriculum
• Money Management
• Life Skills
• Life Skills Curriculum
• Special Education
• Transition Programs
• Functional Academics
• Independent Living
• Middle School
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• Young Adults
• Adult Education
• Homeschool
• Independent Work
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This FREE budgeting activity works well for students who benefit from practical, concrete instruction connected to everyday spending decisions and can be incorporated into a broader personal finance, consumer math, financial literacy, transition, or life skills curriculum.