Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 259 · 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.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a remote-control car (c) a glitter pen set (d) toothpaste
2. 2.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) sweets every day (c) school shoes (d) a fancy phone cover
3. 3.For Aditya, is “soap” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
4. 4.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) sweets every day (c) rice and dal (d) a glitter pen set
5. 5.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) bus fare to school (b) a toy robot (c) a remote-control car (d) designer sunglasses
6. 6.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a warm blanket (c) a bigger TV (d) a third cricket bat
7. 7.For Gurpreet, is “milk” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
8. 8.For Dev, is “rice and dal” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
9. 9.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) a school uniform (c) school shoes (d) a video game
10. 10.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) a raincoat (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a school uniform
11. 11.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) notebooks for school (b) sweets every day (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a sticker album
12. 12.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) sweets every day (c) a schoolbag (d) a school uniform
13. 13.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) a sticker album (c) drinking water (d) bus fare to school
14. 14.Sneha has ₹500. First Sneha pays for needs: a raincoat (₹150) and school shoes (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
15. 15.Isha has ₹550. First Isha pays for needs: a raincoat (₹170) and school shoes (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
16. 16.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a remote-control car (c) school shoes (d) a sticker album
17. 17.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) drinking water (c) a bigger TV (d) soap
18. 18.Ishaan has ₹400. First Ishaan pays for needs: school shoes (₹50) and a lunch box (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
19. 19.For Sneha, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
20. 20.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a remote-control car (b) notebooks for school (c) school shoes (d) rice and dal
21. 21.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) a sticker album (c) a warm blanket (d) vegetables
22. 22.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) vegetables (c) a sticker album (d) sweets every day
23. 23.Nisha has ₹700. First Nisha pays for needs: a school uniform (₹140) and a lunch box (₹150). How many rupees are left for wants?
24. 24.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) notebooks for school (c) a toy robot (d) a fancy phone cover
25. 25.For Aditya, is “notebooks for school” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
26. 26.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) school shoes (c) sweets every day (d) bus fare to school
27. 27.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) a school uniform (c) a bigger TV (d) rice and dal
28. 28.Zoya has ₹600. First Zoya pays for needs: school shoes (₹170) and a geometry box (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
29. 29.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) milk (c) soap (d) rice and dal
30. 30.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) school shoes (c) rice and dal (d) a fancy phone cover
31. 31.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) a warm blanket (c) a sticker album (d) toothpaste
32. 32.For Aarav, is “a sticker album” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
33. 33.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) notebooks for school (c) a glitter pen set (d) sweets every day
34. 34.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a remote-control car (c) a third cricket bat (d) milk
35. 35.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) sweets every day (b) bus fare to school (c) a school uniform (d) vegetables
36. 36.Ananya has ₹450. First Ananya pays for needs: notebooks (₹80) and a school uniform (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
37. 37.For Karan, is “rice and dal” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
38. 38.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) soap (c) a warm blanket (d) a third cricket bat
39. 39.Diya has ₹950. First Diya pays for needs: a lunch box (₹130) and a raincoat (₹140). How many rupees are left for wants?
40. 40.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) rice and dal (c) toothpaste (d) a remote-control car

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