Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 124 · 40 sums

The method (Must have or nice to have?): Ask: can I live, stay healthy and go to school without it? If not, it is a need. If it is extra or just for fun, it is a want. Pay for needs first; money left for wants = money − needs.

1. 1.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) a fancy phone cover (c) rice and dal (d) soap
2. 2.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a school uniform (b) a third cricket bat (c) a sticker album (d) a fancy phone cover
3. 3.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) bus fare to school (c) a sticker album (d) drinking water
4. 4.Kabir has ₹500. First Kabir pays for needs: socks (₹160) and notebooks (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
5. 5.Kavya has ₹400. First Kavya pays for needs: a water bottle (₹90) and a raincoat (₹130). How many rupees are left for wants?
6. 6.Meera has ₹1000. First Meera pays for needs: socks (₹130) and a water bottle (₹300). How many rupees are left for wants?
7. 7.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) a sticker album (c) drinking water (d) toothpaste
8. 8.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) a raincoat (c) soap (d) a bigger TV
9. 9.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) a video game (c) bus fare to school (d) soap
10. 10.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a toy robot (b) notebooks for school (c) a warm blanket (d) rice and dal
11. 11.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) a new party dress (c) a bigger TV (d) vegetables
12. 12.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) a schoolbag (c) a new party dress (d) medicine when ill
13. 13.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) bus fare to school (c) a new party dress (d) a glitter pen set
14. 14.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a sticker album (c) a warm blanket (d) extra comic books
15. 15.Kavya has ₹650. First Kavya pays for needs: notebooks (₹160) and a raincoat (₹200). How many rupees are left for wants?
16. 16.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a raincoat (d) designer sunglasses
17. 17.Rohan has ₹500. First Rohan pays for needs: a school uniform (₹60) and notebooks (₹150). How many rupees are left for wants?
18. 18.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a video game (c) a remote-control car (d) rice and dal
19. 19.For Ananya, is “a new party dress” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
20. 20.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a toy robot (b) rice and dal (c) school shoes (d) a schoolbag
21. 21.For Manav, is “milk” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
22. 22.Karan has ₹350. First Karan pays for needs: socks (₹50) and a geometry box (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
23. 23.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) a raincoat (c) a third cricket bat (d) notebooks for school
24. 24.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a school uniform (b) a glitter pen set (c) sweets every day (d) a toy robot
25. 25.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) a remote-control car (c) a toy robot (d) drinking water
26. 26.Tara has ₹650. First Tara pays for needs: socks (₹120) and a geometry box (₹150). How many rupees are left for wants?
27. 27.Ananya has ₹400. First Ananya pays for needs: notebooks (₹50) and school shoes (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
28. 28.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) notebooks for school (c) a video game (d) drinking water
29. 29.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a video game (c) a glitter pen set (d) toothpaste
30. 30.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) drinking water (c) a school uniform (d) extra comic books
31. 31.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a remote-control car (c) a school uniform (d) a new party dress
32. 32.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) soap (c) a sticker album (d) a remote-control car
33. 33.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) school shoes (c) a sticker album (d) a video game
34. 34.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) school shoes (c) bus fare to school (d) a glitter pen set
35. 35.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a school uniform (c) rice and dal (d) medicine when ill
36. 36.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) toothpaste (c) a sticker album (d) a third cricket bat
37. 37.For Priya, is “designer sunglasses” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
38. 38.Saanvi has ₹400. First Saanvi pays for needs: socks (₹130) and notebooks (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
39. 39.Aarav has ₹800. First Aarav pays for needs: a water bottle (₹110) and school shoes (₹210). How many rupees are left for wants?
40. 40.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a third cricket bat (b) school shoes (c) medicine when ill (d) bus fare to school

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