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Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 173 · 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) a bigger TV (b) a school uniform (c) a remote-control car (d) designer sunglasses
  2. 2.Gurpreet has ₹750. First Gurpreet pays for needs: a lunch box (₹150) and a geometry box (₹230). How many rupees are left for wants?
  3. 3.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) a warm blanket (c) bus fare to school (d) extra comic books
  4. 4.Saanvi has ₹850. First Saanvi pays for needs: notebooks (₹100) and socks (₹150). How many rupees are left for wants?
  5. 5.For Isha, is “soap” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  6. 6.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) soap (b) sweets every day (c) designer sunglasses (d) a new party dress
  7. 7.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) a warm blanket (c) a schoolbag (d) designer sunglasses
  8. 8.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a warm blanket (c) designer sunglasses (d) a third cricket bat
  9. 9.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) sweets every day (c) notebooks for school (d) drinking water
  10. 10.Nisha has ₹400. First Nisha pays for needs: school shoes (₹120) and notebooks (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
  11. 11.For Meera, is “toothpaste” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  12. 12.Lakshmi has ₹600. First Lakshmi pays for needs: a geometry box (₹130) and a water bottle (₹170). How many rupees are left for wants?
  13. 13.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) soap (b) a bigger TV (c) designer sunglasses (d) a remote-control car
  14. 14.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a glitter pen set (c) a raincoat (d) a remote-control car
  15. 15.Kavya has ₹400. First Kavya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹80) and a raincoat (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?
  16. 16.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) soap (b) a third cricket bat (c) a new party dress (d) extra comic books
  17. 17.For Joseph, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  18. 18.For Karan, is “a video game” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  19. 19.For Joseph, is “a glitter pen set” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  20. 20.Diya has ₹550. First Diya pays for needs: a water bottle (₹170) and socks (₹180). How many rupees are left for wants?
  21. 21.Karan has ₹400. First Karan pays for needs: a school uniform (₹90) and a water bottle (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
  22. 22.Rahul has ₹700. First Rahul pays for needs: notebooks (₹70) and a school uniform (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
  23. 23.Ananya has ₹350. First Ananya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹80) and notebooks (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
  24. 24.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) a third cricket bat (c) soap (d) bus fare to school
  25. 25.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) drinking water (c) a video game (d) soap
  26. 26.Kavya has ₹700. First Kavya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹170) and a water bottle (₹160). How many rupees are left for wants?
  27. 27.For Aarav, is “medicine when ill” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  28. 28.Meera has ₹650. First Meera pays for needs: a school uniform (₹170) and a geometry box (₹140). How many rupees are left for wants?
  29. 29.For Diya, is “rice and dal” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  30. 30.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a video game (c) designer sunglasses (d) soap
  31. 31.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) extra comic books (b) medicine when ill (c) drinking water (d) vegetables
  32. 32.Isha has ₹600. First Isha pays for needs: a raincoat (₹90) and a school uniform (₹150). How many rupees are left for wants?
  33. 33.For Dev, is “a fancy phone cover” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  34. 34.For Farhan, is “a schoolbag” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  35. 35.For Priya, is “a fancy phone cover” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  36. 36.Sneha has ₹900. First Sneha pays for needs: a water bottle (₹240) and notebooks (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
  37. 37.For Aarav, is “a bigger TV” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  38. 38.For Nisha, is “sweets every day” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  39. 39.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) medicine when ill (c) a warm blanket (d) extra comic books
  40. 40.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a school uniform (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a new party dress

Answer key

  1. a school uniform
  2. 370
  3. extra comic books
  4. 600
  5. Need
  6. soap
  7. designer sunglasses
  8. a warm blanket
  9. sweets every day
  10. 180
  11. Need
  12. 300
  13. soap
  14. a raincoat
  15. 200
  16. soap
  17. Want
  18. Want
  19. Want
  20. 200
  21. 240
  22. 560
  23. 170
  24. a third cricket bat
  25. a video game
  26. 370
  27. Need
  28. 340
  29. Need
  30. soap
  31. extra comic books
  32. 360
  33. Want
  34. Need
  35. Want
  36. 610
  37. Want
  38. Want
  39. extra comic books
  40. a school uniform

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