Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 211 · 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 fancy phone cover (b) sweets every day (c) a toy robot (d) a school uniform
2. 2.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a bigger TV (b) soap (c) rice and dal (d) a raincoat
3. 3.For Pooja, is “a glitter pen set” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
4. 4.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) a third cricket bat (c) school shoes (d) a school uniform
5. 5.Kavya has ₹750. First Kavya pays for needs: a water bottle (₹90) and school shoes (₹130). How many rupees are left for wants?
6. 6.Lakshmi has ₹550. First Lakshmi pays for needs: a raincoat (₹110) and school shoes (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
7. 7.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a glitter pen set (b) rice and dal (c) vegetables (d) milk
8. 8.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) school shoes (c) a new party dress (d) a remote-control car
9. 9.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) toothpaste (c) a third cricket bat (d) drinking water
10. 10.For Zoya, is “school shoes” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
11. 11.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) a sticker album (c) bus fare to school (d) a warm blanket
12. 12.Nisha has ₹400. First Nisha pays for needs: a lunch box (₹110) and a school uniform (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
13. 13.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a toy robot (b) drinking water (c) school shoes (d) a warm blanket
14. 14.Pooja has ₹650. First Pooja pays for needs: a geometry box (₹160) and a school uniform (₹210). How many rupees are left for wants?
15. 15.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) extra comic books (c) notebooks for school (d) a school uniform
16. 16.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) a glitter pen set (c) notebooks for school (d) a new party dress
17. 17.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a toy robot (c) milk (d) a sticker album
18. 18.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) school shoes (c) vegetables (d) designer sunglasses
19. 19.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) milk (c) a video game (d) a toy robot
20. 20.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) sweets every day (c) a toy robot (d) notebooks for school
21. 21.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) extra comic books (c) a bigger TV (d) notebooks for school
22. 22.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a schoolbag (c) school shoes (d) milk
23. 23.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a third cricket bat (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a warm blanket
24. 24.Diya has ₹350. First Diya pays for needs: notebooks (₹110) and a water bottle (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
25. 25.Ishaan has ₹950. First Ishaan pays for needs: a raincoat (₹50) and a geometry box (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
26. 26.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a remote-control car (c) a sticker album (d) soap
27. 27.Diya has ₹500. First Diya pays for needs: a geometry box (₹60) and school shoes (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
28. 28.Ishaan has ₹300. First Ishaan pays for needs: a geometry box (₹60) and school shoes (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
29. 29.Vivaan has ₹550. First Vivaan pays for needs: a lunch box (₹60) and a geometry box (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
30. 30.Karan has ₹450. First Karan pays for needs: a geometry box (₹110) and a lunch box (₹150). How many rupees are left for wants?
31. 31.Isha has ₹400. First Isha pays for needs: school shoes (₹130) and notebooks (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
32. 32.For Rohan, is “toothpaste” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
33. 33.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) medicine when ill (c) a video game (d) milk
34. 34.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) school shoes (c) vegetables (d) a third cricket bat
35. 35.Joseph has ₹850. First Joseph pays for needs: a school uniform (₹90) and a lunch box (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
36. 36.Saanvi has ₹700. First Saanvi pays for needs: a raincoat (₹60) and notebooks (₹230). How many rupees are left for wants?
37. 37.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) sweets every day (c) medicine when ill (d) a bigger TV
38. 38.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) a toy robot (c) milk (d) bus fare to school
39. 39.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) rice and dal (c) a fancy phone cover (d) extra comic books
40. 40.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) vegetables (c) a toy robot (d) rice and dal

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