Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 224 · 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.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a warm blanket (b) a sticker album (c) sweets every day (d) designer sunglasses
2. 2.Riya has ₹600. First Riya pays for needs: notebooks (₹60) and socks (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
3. 3.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a raincoat (c) a remote-control car (d) extra comic books
4. 4.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) rice and dal (c) a sticker album (d) a schoolbag
5. 5.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) a schoolbag (c) vegetables (d) extra comic books
6. 6.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) a third cricket bat (c) school shoes (d) vegetables
7. 7.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) sweets every day (c) a third cricket bat (d) notebooks for school
8. 8.For Saanvi, is “rice and dal” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
9. 9.Lakshmi has ₹800. First Lakshmi pays for needs: a water bottle (₹250) and a geometry box (₹150). How many rupees are left for wants?
10. 10.Vivaan has ₹400. First Vivaan pays for needs: notebooks (₹130) and a water bottle (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
11. 11.For Kavya, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
12. 12.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a toy robot (c) a remote-control car (d) school shoes
13. 13.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) soap (c) medicine when ill (d) a toy robot
14. 14.Joseph has ₹950. First Joseph pays for needs: socks (₹140) and a school uniform (₹190). How many rupees are left for wants?
15. 15.Pooja has ₹700. First Pooja pays for needs: a geometry box (₹100) and a lunch box (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
16. 16.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) drinking water (c) sweets every day (d) rice and dal
17. 17.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) a video game (c) drinking water (d) school shoes
18. 18.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) soap (c) drinking water (d) a glitter pen set
19. 19.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a video game (b) a raincoat (c) a warm blanket (d) notebooks for school
20. 20.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a bigger TV (c) sweets every day (d) rice and dal
21. 21.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) a warm blanket (c) a raincoat (d) a bigger TV
22. 22.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a warm blanket (c) bus fare to school (d) toothpaste
23. 23.For Ishaan, is “a sticker album” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
24. 24.Isha has ₹650. First Isha pays for needs: school shoes (₹170) and notebooks (₹130). How many rupees are left for wants?
25. 25.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a third cricket bat (c) sweets every day (d) milk
26. 26.Zoya has ₹450. First Zoya pays for needs: socks (₹70) and a school uniform (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
27. 27.For Karan, is “a fancy phone cover” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
28. 28.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) rice and dal (c) a schoolbag (d) a toy robot
29. 29.For Lakshmi, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
30. 30.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) a schoolbag (c) designer sunglasses (d) drinking water
31. 31.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a remote-control car (c) designer sunglasses (d) rice and dal
32. 32.For Riya, is “rice and dal” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
33. 33.Vivaan has ₹1000. First Vivaan pays for needs: a raincoat (₹130) and notebooks (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
34. 34.Kabir has ₹550. First Kabir pays for needs: a lunch box (₹60) and a school uniform (₹150). How many rupees are left for wants?
35. 35.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a glitter pen set (c) toothpaste (d) extra comic books
36. 36.Lakshmi has ₹700. First Lakshmi pays for needs: a geometry box (₹50) and a school uniform (₹220). How many rupees are left for wants?
37. 37.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) sweets every day (c) drinking water (d) a video game
38. 38.Nisha has ₹650. First Nisha pays for needs: notebooks (₹150) and a geometry box (₹210). How many rupees are left for wants?
39. 39.Rohan has ₹400. First Rohan pays for needs: a raincoat (₹90) and socks (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
40. 40.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a video game (b) rice and dal (c) vegetables (d) drinking water

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