Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 212 · 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.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) milk (c) bus fare to school (d) a third cricket bat
2. 2.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a sticker album (c) a glitter pen set (d) a school uniform
3. 3.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a raincoat (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a video game
4. 4.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a third cricket bat (d) school shoes
5. 5.For Rohan, is “sweets every day” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
6. 6.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) a warm blanket (c) a video game (d) medicine when ill
7. 7.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) sweets every day (c) a new party dress (d) bus fare to school
8. 8.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) extra comic books (c) a third cricket bat (d) vegetables
9. 9.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) sweets every day (c) vegetables (d) designer sunglasses
10. 10.Ananya has ₹500. First Ananya pays for needs: a lunch box (₹160) and a water bottle (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
11. 11.For Vivaan, is “extra comic books” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
12. 12.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a third cricket bat (b) soap (c) toothpaste (d) milk
13. 13.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a glitter pen set (b) medicine when ill (c) rice and dal (d) vegetables
14. 14.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) medicine when ill (c) a glitter pen set (d) a schoolbag
15. 15.Nisha has ₹750. First Nisha pays for needs: school shoes (₹90) and a geometry box (₹230). How many rupees are left for wants?
16. 16.Riya has ₹500. First Riya pays for needs: school shoes (₹80) and a raincoat (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
17. 17.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a video game (c) a new party dress (d) bus fare to school
18. 18.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) milk (c) drinking water (d) a toy robot
19. 19.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) soap (c) a raincoat (d) designer sunglasses
20. 20.For Lakshmi, is “toothpaste” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
21. 21.Karan has ₹600. First Karan pays for needs: a water bottle (₹160) and a lunch box (₹190). How many rupees are left for wants?
22. 22.For Isha, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
23. 23.For Ishaan, is “medicine when ill” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
24. 24.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) notebooks for school (b) a toy robot (c) a remote-control car (d) a video game
25. 25.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a remote-control car (c) extra comic books (d) rice and dal
26. 26.For Diya, is “a school uniform” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
27. 27.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) a third cricket bat (c) a schoolbag (d) school shoes
28. 28.Ishaan has ₹500. First Ishaan pays for needs: notebooks (₹80) and a water bottle (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
29. 29.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) a remote-control car (c) medicine when ill (d) vegetables
30. 30.Rahul has ₹650. First Rahul pays for needs: a raincoat (₹90) and a school uniform (₹200). How many rupees are left for wants?
31. 31.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) a school uniform (c) rice and dal (d) a third cricket bat
32. 32.For Joseph, is “a video game” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
33. 33.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) school shoes (b) a video game (c) sweets every day (d) a new party dress
34. 34.Isha has ₹350. First Isha pays for needs: a raincoat (₹70) and school shoes (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
35. 35.Kavya has ₹700. First Kavya pays for needs: a water bottle (₹180) and notebooks (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
36. 36.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a new party dress (c) a video game (d) toothpaste
37. 37.For Dev, is “rice and dal” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
38. 38.Saanvi has ₹700. First Saanvi pays for needs: a geometry box (₹140) and a school uniform (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
39. 39.For Saanvi, is “a raincoat” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
40. 40.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) a schoolbag (c) a bigger TV (d) toothpaste

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