Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 145 · 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.For Riya, is “bus fare to school” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
2. 2.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) school shoes (c) sweets every day (d) a third cricket bat
3. 3.For Kavya, is “a video game” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
4. 4.Manav has ₹400. First Manav pays for needs: socks (₹130) and a school uniform (₹130). How many rupees are left for wants?
5. 5.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) vegetables (c) milk (d) drinking water
6. 6.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a schoolbag (d) soap
7. 7.For Meera, is “medicine when ill” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
8. 8.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) a raincoat (c) a new party dress (d) soap
9. 9.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) rice and dal (c) school shoes (d) a bigger TV
10. 10.Arjun has ₹550. First Arjun pays for needs: a geometry box (₹80) and a water bottle (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
11. 11.For Meera, is “vegetables” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
12. 12.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a remote-control car (b) school shoes (c) a school uniform (d) vegetables
13. 13.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) designer sunglasses (c) bus fare to school (d) a toy robot
14. 14.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) a third cricket bat (c) a raincoat (d) a warm blanket
15. 15.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) notebooks for school (c) a sticker album (d) a bigger TV
16. 16.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a toy robot (c) a new party dress (d) school shoes
17. 17.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a new party dress (b) soap (c) milk (d) a warm blanket
18. 18.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) sweets every day (b) milk (c) a warm blanket (d) notebooks for school
19. 19.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a remote-control car (c) a video game (d) rice and dal
20. 20.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) sweets every day (c) drinking water (d) a new party dress
21. 21.For Arjun, is “a raincoat” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
22. 22.For Priya, is “extra comic books” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
23. 23.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) a warm blanket (c) a fancy phone cover (d) soap
24. 24.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a warm blanket (b) designer sunglasses (c) a video game (d) a remote-control car
25. 25.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) extra comic books (c) toothpaste (d) sweets every day
26. 26.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a third cricket bat (c) notebooks for school (d) a fancy phone cover
27. 27.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) a third cricket bat (c) medicine when ill (d) milk
28. 28.For Meera, is “soap” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
29. 29.For Ishaan, is “toothpaste” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
30. 30.Manav has ₹850. First Manav pays for needs: a raincoat (₹90) and a lunch box (₹210). How many rupees are left for wants?
31. 31.For Priya, is “a glitter pen set” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
32. 32.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a third cricket bat (b) soap (c) toothpaste (d) a warm blanket
33. 33.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) bus fare to school (c) a toy robot (d) a video game
34. 34.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a sticker album (b) a school uniform (c) soap (d) notebooks for school
35. 35.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) vegetables (c) a bigger TV (d) designer sunglasses
36. 36.Riya has ₹500. First Riya pays for needs: a geometry box (₹70) and a raincoat (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
37. 37.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a toy robot (c) a new party dress (d) soap
38. 38.For Priya, is “designer sunglasses” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
39. 39.Kavya has ₹400. First Kavya pays for needs: a raincoat (₹110) and a geometry box (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
40. 40.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) toothpaste (c) a video game (d) extra comic books

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