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Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 229 · 40 sums
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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.

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  1. 1.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) a bigger TV (c) drinking water (d) a schoolbag
  2. 2.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a third cricket bat (c) extra comic books (d) a raincoat
  3. 3.Nisha 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) milk
  4. 4.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a video game (b) bus fare to school (c) toothpaste (d) vegetables
  5. 5.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) a raincoat (c) a school uniform (d) sweets every day
  6. 6.Farhan has ₹500. First Farhan pays for needs: a geometry box (₹140) and a raincoat (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
  7. 7.For Saanvi, is “designer sunglasses” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  8. 8.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) a toy robot (c) toothpaste (d) notebooks for school
  9. 9.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) toothpaste (c) a bigger TV (d) school shoes
  10. 10.For Karan, is “a fancy phone cover” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  11. 11.For Diya, is “a glitter pen set” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  12. 12.For Pooja, is “a video game” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  13. 13.Aditya has ₹950. First Aditya pays for needs: notebooks (₹80) and a geometry box (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
  14. 14.For Saanvi, is “a video game” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  15. 15.For Kavya, is “a fancy phone cover” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  16. 16.For Ananya, is “vegetables” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  17. 17.For Riya, is “medicine when ill” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  18. 18.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) medicine when ill (c) a raincoat (d) a fancy phone cover
  19. 19.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) toothpaste (c) a glitter pen set (d) a raincoat
  20. 20.For Sneha, is “sweets every day” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  21. 21.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) notebooks for school (c) soap (d) designer sunglasses
  22. 22.For Rohan, is “a sticker album” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  23. 23.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) drinking water (b) designer sunglasses (c) a glitter pen set (d) a remote-control car
  24. 24.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) drinking water (c) designer sunglasses (d) a new party dress
  25. 25.For Rahul, is “a school uniform” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  26. 26.For Nisha, is “vegetables” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  27. 27.Aditya has ₹700. First Aditya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹150) and a water bottle (₹180). How many rupees are left for wants?
  28. 28.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a toy robot (c) a fancy phone cover (d) toothpaste
  29. 29.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) extra comic books (c) vegetables (d) designer sunglasses
  30. 30.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) school shoes (c) medicine when ill (d) a fancy phone cover
  31. 31.Farhan has ₹350. First Farhan pays for needs: a school uniform (₹90) and socks (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
  32. 32.For Joseph, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  33. 33.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a video game (c) a glitter pen set (d) drinking water
  34. 34.For Sneha, is “a toy robot” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  35. 35.Priya has ₹400. First Priya pays for needs: a raincoat (₹50) and notebooks (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
  36. 36.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) rice and dal (c) a third cricket bat (d) sweets every day
  37. 37.For Pooja, is “a schoolbag” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  38. 38.For Rohan, is “a fancy phone cover” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  39. 39.For Vivaan, is “vegetables” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  40. 40.For Manav, is “school shoes” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want

Answer key

  1. a bigger TV
  2. a raincoat
  3. milk
  4. a video game
  5. sweets every day
  6. 300
  7. Want
  8. a toy robot
  9. a bigger TV
  10. Want
  11. Want
  12. Want
  13. 780
  14. Want
  15. Want
  16. Need
  17. Need
  18. a fancy phone cover
  19. a glitter pen set
  20. Want
  21. designer sunglasses
  22. Want
  23. drinking water
  24. drinking water
  25. Need
  26. Need
  27. 370
  28. toothpaste
  29. vegetables
  30. a fancy phone cover
  31. 200
  32. Need
  33. drinking water
  34. Want
  35. 300
  36. rice and dal
  37. Need
  38. Want
  39. Need
  40. Need

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