Decision Making Worksheet: Best Option

Critical thinking lesson 22: Choosing the best option · Set 518 · 40 questions

Thinking tip (Needs first): List the needs (money, purpose, time). Cross out every option that breaks one. The option left is the best. Too costly → out. Cheap but the wrong kind → out. A need is something you must have to be safe, healthy or able to learn; a want is nice to have.

1. 1.🍱 You need a lunch that is healthy and ready in 10 minutes. Which fits? (a) a packet of chips (b) a fruit and curd bowl (c) a big cake (d) a 2-hour biryani
2. 2.🛍️ A need or a want: a warm blanket? (a) a want (b) a need
3. 3.🛍️ Aarav has ₹210 and wants something to play outdoors. Which choice fits both needs? (a) football, ₹260 (b) skipping rope, ₹200 (c) comic, ₹60 (d) colour pencils, ₹150
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) healthy food (b) a new video game (c) a pencil for class (d) medicine when ill
5. 5.🚫 An option costs more than you have. What do you do? (a) buy it anyway (b) cross it out (c) borrow from strangers (d) cry
6. 6.✅ The best option is the one that… (a) costs the most (b) is the first one (c) a friend picked (d) fits all your needs
7. 7.🛍️ A need or a want: healthy food? (a) a want (b) a need
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pencil for class (b) a new video game (c) a party hat (d) extra chocolate
9. 9.🛍️ Ishaan has ₹210 and wants something to draw with. Which choice fits both needs? (a) football, ₹110 (b) small trowel, ₹90 (c) crayon box, ₹190 (d) paint set, ₹280
10. 10.🛍️ A need or a want: a toy robot? (a) a want (b) a need
11. 11.True or false: “a warm blanket” is a need. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🛍️ Ananya has ₹150 and wants something to read. Which choice fits both needs? (a) watering can, ₹100 (b) magazine, ₹110 (c) seed packet, ₹60 (d) picture book, ₹220
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) water to drink (b) a school uniform (c) a warm blanket (d) a third pair of shoes
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) medicine when ill (b) a warm blanket (c) a toy robot (d) healthy food
15. 15.Which of these is a need? (a) a third pair of shoes (b) a party hat (c) a new video game (d) a pencil for class
16. 16.🛍️ Tara has ₹150 and wants something to grow plants. Which choice fits both needs? (a) watering can, ₹110 (b) crayon box, ₹60 (c) colour pencils, ₹100 (d) seed packet, ₹220
17. 17.🛍️ A need or a want: a new video game? (a) a need (b) a want
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pencil for class (b) a party hat (c) a school uniform (d) water to drink
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warm blanket (b) water to drink (c) medicine when ill (d) a fancy phone case
20. 20.True or false: “a school uniform” is a need. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is a need? (a) a new video game (b) water to drink (c) a party hat (d) extra chocolate
22. 22.True or false: “a fancy phone case” is a want. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🛍️ A need or a want: water to drink? (a) a want (b) a need
24. 24.🛍️ Aarav has ₹270 and wants something to grow plants. Which choice fits both needs? (a) story book, ₹120 (b) watering can, ₹290 (c) flower pot, ₹240 (d) comic, ₹120
25. 25.True or false: “a warm blanket” is a want. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🛍️ Arjun has ₹210 and wants something to draw with. Which choice fits both needs? (a) paint set, ₹250 (b) colour pencils, ₹190 (c) story book, ₹120 (d) cricket bat, ₹130
27. 27.True or false: “a party hat” is a want. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎒 Two bags fit your budget. One is strong, one is weak. Which do you pick? (a) the weak one (b) both (c) the strong one (d) neither
29. 29.🛍️ A need or a want: a school uniform? (a) a need (b) a want
30. 30.Which of these is a need? (a) extra chocolate (b) a new video game (c) a school uniform (d) a third pair of shoes
31. 31.🛍️ Tara has ₹260 and wants something to grow plants. Which choice fits both needs? (a) colour pencils, ₹220 (b) picture book, ₹80 (c) small trowel, ₹300 (d) flower pot, ₹240
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) extra chocolate (b) a fancy phone case (c) a school uniform (d) a third pair of shoes
33. 33.True or false: “extra chocolate” is a need. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “a pencil for class” is a need. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🛍️ Vihaan has ₹100 and wants something to grow plants. Which choice fits both needs? (a) watering can, ₹120 (b) small trowel, ₹60 (c) sketch pad, ₹90 (d) crayon box, ₹50
36. 36.Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) a fancy phone case (c) water to drink (d) a warm blanket
37. 37.🛍️ Saanvi has ₹140 and wants something to read. Which choice fits both needs? (a) crayon box, ₹110 (b) story book, ₹110 (c) sketch pad, ₹130 (d) magazine, ₹190
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) extra chocolate (b) medicine when ill (c) a school uniform (d) water to drink
39. 39.🛍️ Aarav has ₹100 and wants something to draw with. Which choice fits both needs? (a) magazine, ₹70 (b) kite, ₹70 (c) sketch pad, ₹170 (d) paint set, ₹50
40. 40.🛍️ Meera has ₹270 and wants something to grow plants. Which choice fits both needs? (a) magazine, ₹90 (b) flower pot, ₹320 (c) small trowel, ₹260 (d) comic, ₹100

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