Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 215 · 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.For Isha, is “toothpaste” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
2. 2.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a remote-control car (c) rice and dal (d) designer sunglasses
3. 3.Nisha has ₹500. First Nisha pays for needs: a raincoat (₹60) and notebooks (₹160). How many rupees are left for wants?
4. 4.Vivaan has ₹850. First Vivaan pays for needs: socks (₹200) and a raincoat (₹260). How many rupees are left for wants?
5. 5.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a bigger TV (c) rice and dal (d) a remote-control car
6. 6.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) drinking water (c) a glitter pen set (d) a new party dress
7. 7.For Arjun, is “a schoolbag” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
8. 8.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a bigger TV (b) toothpaste (c) medicine when ill (d) milk
9. 9.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) a video game (c) a raincoat (d) a warm blanket
10. 10.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a toy robot (c) a warm blanket (d) a sticker album
11. 11.Saanvi has ₹750. First Saanvi pays for needs: notebooks (₹150) and school shoes (₹240). How many rupees are left for wants?
12. 12.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) milk (c) a third cricket bat (d) a sticker album
13. 13.Kavya has ₹350. First Kavya pays for needs: notebooks (₹100) and a raincoat (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
14. 14.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a toy robot (c) school shoes (d) a sticker album
15. 15.Saanvi has ₹700. First Saanvi pays for needs: a water bottle (₹200) and a geometry box (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
16. 16.For Vivaan, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
17. 17.For Ananya, is “bus fare to school” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
18. 18.Rahul has ₹500. First Rahul pays for needs: socks (₹90) and a raincoat (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
19. 19.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) extra comic books (c) vegetables (d) a fancy phone cover
20. 20.Isha has ₹750. First Isha pays for needs: a raincoat (₹140) and notebooks (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
21. 21.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) medicine when ill (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a warm blanket
22. 22.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) a sticker album (c) a raincoat (d) drinking water
23. 23.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) drinking water (c) a bigger TV (d) vegetables
24. 24.Farhan has ₹600. First Farhan pays for needs: socks (₹70) and a school uniform (₹160). How many rupees are left for wants?
25. 25.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a glitter pen set (b) vegetables (c) soap (d) a raincoat
26. 26.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) extra comic books (c) school shoes (d) a video game
27. 27.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) a remote-control car (c) soap (d) school shoes
28. 28.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) sweets every day (c) a third cricket bat (d) medicine when ill
29. 29.Farhan has ₹850. First Farhan pays for needs: notebooks (₹100) and a lunch box (₹170). How many rupees are left for wants?
30. 30.For Tara, is “a school uniform” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
31. 31.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) school shoes (c) a fancy phone cover (d) extra comic books
32. 32.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) school shoes (b) a third cricket bat (c) a new party dress (d) a glitter pen set
33. 33.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a video game (b) a school uniform (c) drinking water (d) rice and dal
34. 34.For Saanvi, is “designer sunglasses” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
35. 35.Rahul has ₹450. First Rahul pays for needs: notebooks (₹140) and socks (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
36. 36.For Kabir, is “vegetables” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
37. 37.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) a school uniform (c) sweets every day (d) toothpaste
38. 38.Riya has ₹500. First Riya pays for needs: a geometry box (₹90) and a water bottle (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
39. 39.For Dev, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
40. 40.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) vegetables (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a sticker album

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