Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 255 · 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 Dev, is “a toy robot” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
2. 2.For Gurpreet, is “milk” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
3. 3.For Tara, is “rice and dal” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
4. 4.For Gurpreet, is “toothpaste” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
5. 5.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) school shoes (c) a bigger TV (d) a new party dress
6. 6.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) designer sunglasses (b) notebooks for school (c) bus fare to school (d) rice and dal
7. 7.For Aarav, is “a raincoat” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
8. 8.For Aarav, is “a new party dress” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
9. 9.Arjun has ₹1000. First Arjun pays for needs: school shoes (₹130) and socks (₹320). How many rupees are left for wants?
10. 10.For Rahul, is “school shoes” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
11. 11.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) milk (b) extra comic books (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a toy robot
12. 12.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a glitter pen set (c) extra comic books (d) vegetables
13. 13.Isha has ₹550. First Isha pays for needs: socks (₹160) and a lunch box (₹130). How many rupees are left for wants?
14. 14.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) extra comic books (c) a new party dress (d) school shoes
15. 15.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a new party dress (b) a warm blanket (c) toothpaste (d) a school uniform
16. 16.For Vivaan, is “extra comic books” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
17. 17.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a third cricket bat (c) a sticker album (d) soap
18. 18.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) toothpaste (c) a sticker album (d) medicine when ill
19. 19.Aditya has ₹550. First Aditya pays for needs: socks (₹170) and a geometry box (₹160). How many rupees are left for wants?
20. 20.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a new party dress (b) drinking water (c) bus fare to school (d) a schoolbag
21. 21.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a video game (c) a sticker album (d) school shoes
22. 22.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) milk (c) extra comic books (d) a third cricket bat
23. 23.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) milk (c) extra comic books (d) a schoolbag
24. 24.Tara has ₹500. First Tara pays for needs: a lunch box (₹90) and notebooks (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
25. 25.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) extra comic books (c) a warm blanket (d) notebooks for school
26. 26.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) school shoes (c) a warm blanket (d) a toy robot
27. 27.For Diya, is “a schoolbag” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
28. 28.For Saanvi, is “a toy robot” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
29. 29.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a remote-control car (c) sweets every day (d) drinking water
30. 30.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a video game (c) a warm blanket (d) a fancy phone cover
31. 31.Zoya has ₹350. First Zoya pays for needs: notebooks (₹110) and a water bottle (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
32. 32.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) toothpaste (c) rice and dal (d) a toy robot
33. 33.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) toothpaste (b) a third cricket bat (c) a sticker album (d) a video game
34. 34.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) bus fare to school (c) school shoes (d) designer sunglasses
35. 35.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) drinking water (c) sweets every day (d) rice and dal
36. 36.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) sweets every day (c) a bigger TV (d) vegetables
37. 37.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a fancy phone cover (c) extra comic books (d) bus fare to school
38. 38.For Kabir, is “a glitter pen set” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
39. 39.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) designer sunglasses (b) drinking water (c) soap (d) a warm blanket
40. 40.Rohan has ₹300. First Rohan pays for needs: a geometry box (₹50) and a lunch box (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?

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