Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 254 · 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 want? (a) rice and dal (b) school shoes (c) a bigger TV (d) vegetables
2. 2.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a third cricket bat (b) milk (c) school shoes (d) toothpaste
3. 3.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a school uniform (d) a toy robot
4. 4.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a raincoat (b) a third cricket bat (c) a video game (d) a sticker album
5. 5.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a school uniform (b) a new party dress (c) a glitter pen set (d) sweets every day
6. 6.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) designer sunglasses (c) medicine when ill (d) a sticker album
7. 7.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a warm blanket (b) a sticker album (c) extra comic books (d) a glitter pen set
8. 8.For Vivaan, is “sweets every day” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
9. 9.Isha has ₹300. First Isha pays for needs: a raincoat (₹50) and a water bottle (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
10. 10.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a new party dress (c) a sticker album (d) rice and dal
11. 11.Vivaan has ₹300. First Vivaan pays for needs: a school uniform (₹50) and a raincoat (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
12. 12.Meera has ₹600. First Meera pays for needs: a lunch box (₹150) and a raincoat (₹140). How many rupees are left for wants?
13. 13.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) toothpaste (c) a video game (d) vegetables
14. 14.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a schoolbag (d) a video game
15. 15.For Aarav, is “vegetables” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
16. 16.Sneha has ₹950. First Sneha pays for needs: a lunch box (₹290) and a water bottle (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
17. 17.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) notebooks for school (c) a video game (d) soap
18. 18.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a glitter pen set (c) a bigger TV (d) drinking water
19. 19.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) vegetables (b) a video game (c) sweets every day (d) a third cricket bat
20. 20.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) designer sunglasses (b) soap (c) medicine when ill (d) a schoolbag
21. 21.Meera has ₹950. First Meera pays for needs: a geometry box (₹110) and school shoes (₹230). How many rupees are left for wants?
22. 22.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) soap (c) sweets every day (d) designer sunglasses
23. 23.Isha has ₹900. First Isha pays for needs: notebooks (₹270) and a water bottle (₹220). How many rupees are left for wants?
24. 24.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a sticker album (c) rice and dal (d) a third cricket bat
25. 25.For Saanvi, is “designer sunglasses” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
26. 26.For Nisha, is “rice and dal” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
27. 27.Dev has ₹300. First Dev pays for needs: a raincoat (₹60) and a school uniform (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
28. 28.For Isha, is “soap” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
29. 29.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) school shoes (c) a third cricket bat (d) a school uniform
30. 30.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a warm blanket (c) a sticker album (d) a new party dress
31. 31.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) a third cricket bat (c) sweets every day (d) drinking water
32. 32.Gurpreet has ₹400. First Gurpreet pays for needs: a school uniform (₹80) and a geometry box (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
33. 33.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) a raincoat (c) designer sunglasses (d) notebooks for school
34. 34.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) designer sunglasses (c) school shoes (d) a school uniform
35. 35.For Meera, is “a fancy phone cover” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
36. 36.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) bus fare to school (c) designer sunglasses (d) vegetables
37. 37.For Dev, is “a video game” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
38. 38.For Isha, is “a glitter pen set” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
39. 39.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a glitter pen set (c) bus fare to school (d) a third cricket bat
40. 40.Diya has ₹900. First Diya pays for needs: a lunch box (₹240) and a geometry box (₹190). How many rupees are left for wants?

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