Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 206 · 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.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a warm blanket (b) a toy robot (c) a remote-control car (d) sweets every day
2. 2.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a sticker album (c) a video game (d) vegetables
3. 3.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) milk (c) rice and dal (d) a raincoat
4. 4.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) notebooks for school (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a sticker album (d) a toy robot
5. 5.Saanvi has ₹400. First Saanvi pays for needs: socks (₹80) and notebooks (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
6. 6.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) extra comic books (c) a warm blanket (d) notebooks for school
7. 7.For Pooja, is “soap” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
8. 8.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) notebooks for school (c) a schoolbag (d) a new party dress
9. 9.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a video game (c) notebooks for school (d) a fancy phone cover
10. 10.For Gurpreet, is “sweets every day” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
11. 11.For Ananya, is “medicine when ill” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
12. 12.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) a remote-control car (c) a video game (d) rice and dal
13. 13.Meera has ₹800. First Meera pays for needs: a lunch box (₹130) and notebooks (₹140). How many rupees are left for wants?
14. 14.For Vivaan, is “a warm blanket” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
15. 15.For Pooja, is “school shoes” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
16. 16.Kavya has ₹300. First Kavya pays for needs: school shoes (₹100) and a school uniform (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
17. 17.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a remote-control car (b) rice and dal (c) bus fare to school (d) drinking water
18. 18.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) a video game (c) a school uniform (d) toothpaste
19. 19.For Ananya, is “a bigger TV” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
20. 20.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) a third cricket bat (c) designer sunglasses (d) milk
21. 21.For Diya, is “a remote-control car” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
22. 22.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) school shoes (c) a toy robot (d) a third cricket bat
23. 23.For Gurpreet, is “a glitter pen set” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
24. 24.Riya has ₹900. First Riya pays for needs: a lunch box (₹80) and a raincoat (₹140). How many rupees are left for wants?
25. 25.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) a school uniform (c) a raincoat (d) extra comic books
26. 26.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) notebooks for school (c) a sticker album (d) designer sunglasses
27. 27.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) bus fare to school (c) a toy robot (d) extra comic books
28. 28.For Meera, is “toothpaste” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
29. 29.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a video game (c) a warm blanket (d) a remote-control car
30. 30.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) medicine when ill (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a raincoat
31. 31.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) extra comic books (c) medicine when ill (d) a new party dress
32. 32.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a warm blanket (b) a third cricket bat (c) designer sunglasses (d) a bigger TV
33. 33.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a third cricket bat (c) a new party dress (d) vegetables
34. 34.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) toothpaste (b) a new party dress (c) a third cricket bat (d) extra comic books
35. 35.For Saanvi, is “a remote-control car” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
36. 36.Lakshmi has ₹900. First Lakshmi pays for needs: a geometry box (₹170) and a school uniform (₹240). How many rupees are left for wants?
37. 37.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a third cricket bat (c) soap (d) a new party dress
38. 38.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) notebooks for school (c) drinking water (d) a warm blanket
39. 39.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) a raincoat (c) rice and dal (d) a new party dress
40. 40.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) extra comic books (c) milk (d) a warm blanket

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