Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 261 · 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.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) school shoes (c) medicine when ill (d) designer sunglasses
2. 2.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) school shoes (c) a video game (d) a new party dress
3. 3.Lakshmi has ₹650. First Lakshmi pays for needs: a school uniform (₹140) and a raincoat (₹190). How many rupees are left for wants?
4. 4.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) toothpaste (c) a school uniform (d) designer sunglasses
5. 5.For Isha, is “rice and dal” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
6. 6.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) a school uniform (c) a raincoat (d) a third cricket bat
7. 7.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a school uniform (b) extra comic books (c) a video game (d) a toy robot
8. 8.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a raincoat (c) a toy robot (d) a bigger TV
9. 9.Meera has ₹650. First Meera pays for needs: a geometry box (₹80) and school shoes (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
10. 10.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) soap (c) extra comic books (d) school shoes
11. 11.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) rice and dal (c) milk (d) a video game
12. 12.Meera has ₹650. First Meera pays for needs: socks (₹200) and a lunch box (₹170). How many rupees are left for wants?
13. 13.Arjun has ₹500. First Arjun pays for needs: a school uniform (₹100) and a raincoat (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
14. 14.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a new party dress (b) toothpaste (c) milk (d) drinking water
15. 15.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a raincoat (c) designer sunglasses (d) a video game
16. 16.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) extra comic books (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a school uniform
17. 17.Ananya has ₹950. First Ananya pays for needs: socks (₹290) and notebooks (₹170). How many rupees are left for wants?
18. 18.Karan has ₹500. First Karan pays for needs: notebooks (₹120) and a water bottle (₹160). How many rupees are left for wants?
19. 19.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) sweets every day (c) a warm blanket (d) a glitter pen set
20. 20.For Gurpreet, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
21. 21.For Sneha, is “a toy robot” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
22. 22.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) soap (b) a third cricket bat (c) a video game (d) a bigger TV
23. 23.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) toothpaste (c) a new party dress (d) medicine when ill
24. 24.Kabir has ₹400. First Kabir pays for needs: notebooks (₹50) and school shoes (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?
25. 25.Nisha has ₹300. First Nisha pays for needs: notebooks (₹60) and socks (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
26. 26.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) notebooks for school (c) extra comic books (d) designer sunglasses
27. 27.Saanvi has ₹700. First Saanvi pays for needs: a raincoat (₹80) and a lunch box (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
28. 28.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) sweets every day (c) soap (d) a video game
29. 29.Karan has ₹600. First Karan pays for needs: a water bottle (₹110) and notebooks (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
30. 30.For Diya, is “a warm blanket” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
31. 31.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) milk (b) a toy robot (c) extra comic books (d) a new party dress
32. 32.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) drinking water (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a sticker album
33. 33.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) drinking water (c) a third cricket bat (d) medicine when ill
34. 34.For Saanvi, is “a bigger TV” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
35. 35.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) soap (c) drinking water (d) designer sunglasses
36. 36.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a raincoat (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a glitter pen set
37. 37.For Nisha, is “notebooks for school” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
38. 38.For Sneha, is “vegetables” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
39. 39.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) a warm blanket (c) rice and dal (d) a fancy phone cover
40. 40.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) notebooks for school (c) a third cricket bat (d) a fancy phone cover

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