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Inflation Worksheet Generator
Make inflation worksheets in seconds. Students see how prices rise over time — they find the price increase and next year’s future price for each item using the inflation rate. A concrete, real-world introduction to inflation with a built-in answer key. Included with your full Money Instructor membership.
Make a Worksheet
Build your inflation worksheet
How It Works
Make a worksheet in four steps
- Set the options. Choose how many questions and the price size ($100 to $10,000).
- Generate. Press Generate worksheet — the tool builds a table of items showing the price today and the inflation rate.
- Students solve. They find the price increase (price today × inflation rate) and next year’s future price (price today + price increase).
- Print or grade. Keep Include answer key on to print the worked solutions, or press ↻ New version for a fresh set.
In the Classroom
Six ways to use it
Intro to inflation
A concrete first look at how prices rise over time and why things cost more later.
Percent of an amount
Finding the price increase is applied percent math — a percent of a dollar amount.
Real-world economics
Connect a core economics idea to everyday prices students recognize.
Differentiate the math
Pre-fill the price-increase column so students only find the future price, or leave it blank for full practice.
Economics & money units
Drop into an economics, budgeting or money-skills unit as a warm-up or exit ticket.
Sub plans & homeschool
A self-checking, no-prep worksheet with an answer key for instant grading.
What It Teaches
Money skills students build
Inflation is a core economics idea: prices rise over time, so the same money buys less. Students practice finding a price increase and a future price — reinforcing percent and addition in a real context. Pair this with the inflation explained lesson and the compound interest generator for how money grows the other way.
- Understand inflation — prices rise over time, so money buys less later
- Find a price increase: price today × the inflation rate
- Calculate a future price: price today + price increase
- Take a percent of a dollar amount and apply it to a real price
- See why the same item costs more next year than it does today
Common Questions
Inflation Worksheet FAQ
Do I need a membership to use this generator?
Yes — the generator is a full Money Instructor membership feature (the paid plan, not a free account). Full members can make and print unlimited worksheets with answer keys. The page itself is free to read.
What is inflation?
Inflation is the rise in prices over time, which means the same money buys less in the future. If an item costs more next year than it does today, that increase is caused by inflation.
How do students find the future price?
They find the price increase (price today × the inflation rate), then add it to the price today: future price = price today + price increase.
Can I change the price size?
Yes. Choose prices up to $100, $1,000 or $10,000 so the worksheet fits your students.
Can students just calculate the future price?
Yes — turn on Pre-fill the Price Increase column and the increase is filled in, so students only compute the future price.
Is there an answer key?
Yes. Keep Include answer key on and the tool prints the price increase and future price for every row. Set Number of worksheets up to 5 for different versions.
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