Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 135 · 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.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) drinking water (c) a schoolbag (d) a bigger TV
2. 2.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) a toy robot (c) rice and dal (d) vegetables
3. 3.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) soap (c) extra comic books (d) school shoes
4. 4.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) notebooks for school (b) a video game (c) extra comic books (d) a toy robot
5. 5.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) milk (c) a schoolbag (d) a third cricket bat
6. 6.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) a sticker album (c) designer sunglasses (d) notebooks for school
7. 7.Zoya has ₹1000. First Zoya pays for needs: a lunch box (₹110) and school shoes (₹150). How many rupees are left for wants?
8. 8.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) drinking water (c) rice and dal (d) soap
9. 9.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) a remote-control car (c) notebooks for school (d) vegetables
10. 10.Ishaan has ₹400. First Ishaan pays for needs: school shoes (₹70) and a school uniform (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
11. 11.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) soap (c) notebooks for school (d) a toy robot
12. 12.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a toy robot (c) a video game (d) a schoolbag
13. 13.For Aditya, is “school shoes” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
14. 14.Pooja has ₹650. First Pooja pays for needs: socks (₹50) and school shoes (₹170). How many rupees are left for wants?
15. 15.For Sneha, is “milk” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
16. 16.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a toy robot (c) a raincoat (d) designer sunglasses
17. 17.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) notebooks for school (b) a video game (c) a bigger TV (d) a remote-control car
18. 18.For Isha, is “a remote-control car” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
19. 19.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) school shoes (c) a remote-control car (d) a third cricket bat
20. 20.Rahul has ₹350. First Rahul pays for needs: notebooks (₹110) and a raincoat (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
21. 21.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) milk (c) a remote-control car (d) vegetables
22. 22.Karan has ₹350. First Karan pays for needs: a geometry box (₹50) and school shoes (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
23. 23.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) bus fare to school (c) milk (d) extra comic books
24. 24.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) milk (c) a toy robot (d) bus fare to school
25. 25.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a new party dress (c) designer sunglasses (d) bus fare to school
26. 26.Ananya has ₹650. First Ananya pays for needs: a lunch box (₹100) and a geometry box (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
27. 27.Joseph has ₹500. First Joseph pays for needs: a geometry box (₹100) and a raincoat (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
28. 28.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) sweets every day (c) a video game (d) bus fare to school
29. 29.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) toothpaste (c) a bigger TV (d) drinking water
30. 30.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a schoolbag (b) extra comic books (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a remote-control car
31. 31.Isha has ₹950. First Isha pays for needs: a geometry box (₹100) and a lunch box (₹240). How many rupees are left for wants?
32. 32.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a new party dress (c) a video game (d) drinking water
33. 33.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) bus fare to school (c) rice and dal (d) a bigger TV
34. 34.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) rice and dal (c) a toy robot (d) a fancy phone cover
35. 35.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) sweets every day (b) vegetables (c) soap (d) milk
36. 36.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) designer sunglasses (c) a glitter pen set (d) medicine when ill
37. 37.For Diya, is “a schoolbag” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
38. 38.For Rahul, is “soap” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
39. 39.Kabir has ₹800. First Kabir pays for needs: school shoes (₹150) and notebooks (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
40. 40.Saanvi has ₹750. First Saanvi pays for needs: a water bottle (₹190) and socks (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?

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