Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 143 · 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.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) notebooks for school (c) a school uniform (d) a new party dress
2. 2.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a schoolbag (c) a glitter pen set (d) sweets every day
3. 3.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) a warm blanket (c) a video game (d) a third cricket bat
4. 4.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a third cricket bat (c) extra comic books (d) rice and dal
5. 5.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) a third cricket bat (c) medicine when ill (d) school shoes
6. 6.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) notebooks for school (c) a third cricket bat (d) rice and dal
7. 7.Ananya has ₹300. First Ananya pays for needs: school shoes (₹80) and notebooks (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
8. 8.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) notebooks for school (c) sweets every day (d) a remote-control car
9. 9.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) a remote-control car (c) soap (d) a warm blanket
10. 10.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) extra comic books (b) soap (c) drinking water (d) toothpaste
11. 11.For Vivaan, is “rice and dal” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
12. 12.Tara has ₹700. First Tara pays for needs: socks (₹220) and a school uniform (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?
13. 13.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) soap (c) notebooks for school (d) designer sunglasses
14. 14.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) a school uniform (c) a bigger TV (d) a warm blanket
15. 15.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a raincoat (b) a bigger TV (c) a sticker album (d) a toy robot
16. 16.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) designer sunglasses (c) notebooks for school (d) a school uniform
17. 17.For Tara, is “a toy robot” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
18. 18.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) a raincoat (c) school shoes (d) a sticker album
19. 19.Rahul has ₹650. First Rahul pays for needs: a geometry box (₹90) and a lunch box (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
20. 20.For Priya, is “a toy robot” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
21. 21.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) extra comic books (c) soap (d) a third cricket bat
22. 22.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) bus fare to school (c) a sticker album (d) toothpaste
23. 23.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) a sticker album (c) bus fare to school (d) drinking water
24. 24.For Priya, is “soap” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
25. 25.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) vegetables (b) sweets every day (c) a glitter pen set (d) a fancy phone cover
26. 26.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a warm blanket (c) school shoes (d) medicine when ill
27. 27.For Manav, is “a bigger TV” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
28. 28.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a new party dress (b) bus fare to school (c) a raincoat (d) drinking water
29. 29.Arjun has ₹500. First Arjun pays for needs: a raincoat (₹50) and socks (₹130). How many rupees are left for wants?
30. 30.Meera has ₹550. First Meera pays for needs: school shoes (₹160) and a lunch box (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
31. 31.Pooja has ₹850. First Pooja pays for needs: a raincoat (₹200) and a geometry box (₹180). How many rupees are left for wants?
32. 32.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a new party dress (c) vegetables (d) a third cricket bat
33. 33.For Aditya, is “a school uniform” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
34. 34.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) extra comic books (c) a fancy phone cover (d) toothpaste
35. 35.Lakshmi has ₹650. First Lakshmi pays for needs: a lunch box (₹200) and a water bottle (₹190). How many rupees are left for wants?
36. 36.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a warm blanket (c) a remote-control car (d) a glitter pen set
37. 37.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a sticker album (c) a toy robot (d) a raincoat
38. 38.For Nisha, is “a bigger TV” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
39. 39.For Gurpreet, is “school shoes” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
40. 40.Joseph has ₹350. First Joseph pays for needs: a geometry box (₹100) and socks (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?

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