Decision Making Worksheet: Best Option

Critical thinking lesson 22: Choosing the best option · Set 538 · 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.🚫 An option costs more than you have. What do you do? (a) borrow from strangers (b) cross it out (c) cry (d) buy it anyway
2. 2.🛍️ Nisha has ₹100 and wants something to play outdoors. Which choice fits both needs? (a) football, ₹140 (b) skipping rope, ₹60 (c) magazine, ₹60 (d) picture book, ₹90
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) healthy food (b) a warm blanket (c) a fancy phone case (d) a school uniform
4. 4.🛍️ Aarav has ₹170 and wants something to grow plants. Which choice fits both needs? (a) cricket bat, ₹160 (b) watering can, ₹230 (c) picture book, ₹100 (d) seed packet, ₹120
5. 5.🛍️ A need or a want: a third pair of shoes? (a) a need (b) a want
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warm blanket (b) a school uniform (c) a party hat (d) healthy food
7. 7.Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) medicine when ill (c) a toy robot (d) healthy food
8. 8.True or false: “healthy food” is a want. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: “extra chocolate” is a need. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🛍️ A need or a want: extra chocolate? (a) a want (b) a need
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) healthy food (b) water to drink (c) a school uniform (d) extra chocolate
12. 12.🛍️ A need or a want: a school uniform? (a) a need (b) a want
13. 13.Which of these is a need? (a) a third pair of shoes (b) a pencil for class (c) a new video game (d) extra chocolate
14. 14.🛍️ A need or a want: water to drink? (a) a need (b) a want
15. 15.True or false: “medicine when ill” is a need. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🛍️ Arjun has ₹180 and wants something to read. Which choice fits both needs? (a) picture book, ₹190 (b) magazine, ₹150 (c) sketch pad, ₹130 (d) cricket bat, ₹50
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party hat (b) a new video game (c) a school uniform (d) a fancy phone case
18. 18.Which of these is a need? (a) a third pair of shoes (b) a fancy phone case (c) medicine when ill (d) a toy robot
19. 19.🛍️ Nisha has ₹170 and wants something to read. Which choice fits both needs? (a) story book, ₹120 (b) picture book, ₹250 (c) flower pot, ₹50 (d) kite, ₹70
20. 20.🛍️ Ananya has ₹120 and wants something to read. Which choice fits both needs? (a) magazine, ₹100 (b) paint set, ₹80 (c) seed packet, ₹60 (d) picture book, ₹150
21. 21.🛍️ Ishaan has ₹150 and wants something to play outdoors. Which choice fits both needs? (a) football, ₹120 (b) story book, ₹60 (c) skipping rope, ₹160 (d) small trowel, ₹50
22. 22.🛍️ A need or a want: medicine when ill? (a) a want (b) a need
23. 23.🛍️ Arjun has ₹130 and wants something to grow plants. Which choice fits both needs? (a) crayon box, ₹120 (b) skipping rope, ₹80 (c) small trowel, ₹160 (d) seed packet, ₹80
24. 24.🛍️ Kabir has ₹260 and wants something to play outdoors. Which choice fits both needs? (a) kite, ₹280 (b) cricket bat, ₹230 (c) seed packet, ₹200 (d) colour pencils, ₹170
25. 25.🗒️ Before choosing, first list… (a) random ideas (b) your friends (c) what you need (d) the weather
26. 26.✅ The best option is the one that… (a) costs the most (b) fits all your needs (c) is the first one (d) a friend picked
27. 27.🛍️ Nisha has ₹280 and wants something to draw with. Which choice fits both needs? (a) sketch pad, ₹270 (b) football, ₹140 (c) paint set, ₹350 (d) cricket bat, ₹130
28. 28.🛍️ A need or a want: a party hat? (a) a need (b) a want
29. 29.True or false: “a third pair of shoes” is a want. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🛍️ Nisha has ₹270 and wants something to draw with. Which choice fits both needs? (a) small trowel, ₹230 (b) sketch pad, ₹250 (c) flower pot, ₹250 (d) colour pencils, ₹340
31. 31.True or false: “water to drink” is a want. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🛍️ Saanvi has ₹190 and wants something to draw with. Which choice fits both needs? (a) flower pot, ₹50 (b) small trowel, ₹60 (c) paint set, ₹250 (d) colour pencils, ₹150
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) medicine when ill (b) a new video game (c) water to drink (d) healthy food
34. 34.🛍️ Diya has ₹110 and wants something to read. Which choice fits both needs? (a) story book, ₹130 (b) sketch pad, ₹70 (c) colour pencils, ₹100 (d) comic, ₹80
35. 35.🛍️ Tara has ₹290 and wants something to play outdoors. Which choice fits both needs? (a) seed packet, ₹240 (b) kite, ₹280 (c) flower pot, ₹110 (d) skipping rope, ₹360
36. 36.True or false: “a party hat” is a need. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is a need? (a) a party hat (b) a fancy phone case (c) a new video game (d) a warm blanket
38. 38.🛍️ Ananya has ₹260 and wants something to draw with. Which choice fits both needs? (a) magazine, ₹220 (b) story book, ₹240 (c) crayon box, ₹310 (d) paint set, ₹240
39. 39.🛍️ Aarav has ₹240 and wants something to read. Which choice fits both needs? (a) picture book, ₹260 (b) kite, ₹70 (c) magazine, ₹190 (d) colour pencils, ₹160
40. 40.🛍️ A need or a want: a toy robot? (a) a need (b) a want

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