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Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 162 · 40 sums
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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.

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  1. 1.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) bus fare to school (c) a sticker album (d) a glitter pen set
  2. 2.For Rohan, is “a school uniform” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  3. 3.For Joseph, is “a sticker album” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  4. 4.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) milk (c) a schoolbag (d) a glitter pen set
  5. 5.Kabir has ₹700. First Kabir pays for needs: a school uniform (₹120) and a geometry box (₹180). How many rupees are left for wants?
  6. 6.For Joseph, is “notebooks for school” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  7. 7.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) soap (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a sticker album
  8. 8.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a remote-control car (c) sweets every day (d) toothpaste
  9. 9.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) a sticker album (c) bus fare to school (d) a raincoat
  10. 10.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) a schoolbag (c) a warm blanket (d) a bigger TV
  11. 11.Rohan has ₹400. First Rohan pays for needs: a raincoat (₹100) and a water bottle (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
  12. 12.Arjun has ₹800. First Arjun pays for needs: a raincoat (₹190) and a school uniform (₹200). How many rupees are left for wants?
  13. 13.Joseph has ₹500. First Joseph pays for needs: a school uniform (₹60) and a geometry box (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
  14. 14.For Dev, is “a school uniform” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  15. 15.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) rice and dal (c) a remote-control car (d) extra comic books
  16. 16.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a third cricket bat (c) school shoes (d) a glitter pen set
  17. 17.For Diya, is “vegetables” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  18. 18.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) a school uniform (c) sweets every day (d) a raincoat
  19. 19.For Karan, is “designer sunglasses” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  20. 20.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a third cricket bat (c) a video game (d) milk
  21. 21.Gurpreet has ₹500. First Gurpreet pays for needs: a school uniform (₹80) and school shoes (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
  22. 22.Sneha has ₹1000. First Sneha pays for needs: a geometry box (₹120) and notebooks (₹170). How many rupees are left for wants?
  23. 23.For Sneha, is “a fancy phone cover” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  24. 24.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) soap (c) sweets every day (d) a glitter pen set
  25. 25.Aarav has ₹950. First Aarav pays for needs: a raincoat (₹250) and school shoes (₹270). How many rupees are left for wants?
  26. 26.For Aarav, is “sweets every day” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  27. 27.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) a glitter pen set (c) school shoes (d) a remote-control car
  28. 28.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) sweets every day (c) extra comic books (d) vegetables
  29. 29.For Arjun, is “school shoes” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  30. 30.For Rohan, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  31. 31.For Ananya, is “a bigger TV” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  32. 32.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a sticker album (c) vegetables (d) a fancy phone cover
  33. 33.Ananya has ₹700. First Ananya pays for needs: socks (₹170) and a lunch box (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
  34. 34.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) school shoes (c) sweets every day (d) drinking water
  35. 35.Aditya has ₹800. First Aditya pays for needs: socks (₹250) and a lunch box (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
  36. 36.For Aarav, is “vegetables” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  37. 37.Tara has ₹750. First Tara pays for needs: socks (₹160) and a school uniform (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
  38. 38.For Diya, is “toothpaste” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  39. 39.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) milk (c) a third cricket bat (d) a toy robot
  40. 40.Ananya has ₹350. First Ananya pays for needs: a lunch box (₹90) and socks (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?

Answer key

  1. bus fare to school
  2. Need
  3. Want
  4. a glitter pen set
  5. 400
  6. Need
  7. soap
  8. toothpaste
  9. a sticker album
  10. a bigger TV
  11. 210
  12. 410
  13. 350
  14. Need
  15. rice and dal
  16. school shoes
  17. Need
  18. sweets every day
  19. Want
  20. milk
  21. 360
  22. 710
  23. Want
  24. soap
  25. 430
  26. Want
  27. school shoes
  28. vegetables
  29. Need
  30. Want
  31. Want
  32. vegetables
  33. 460
  34. sweets every day
  35. 480
  36. Need
  37. 500
  38. Need
  39. milk
  40. 150

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