Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 264 · 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 Ananya, is “notebooks for school” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
2. 2.Ananya has ₹600. First Ananya pays for needs: socks (₹80) and a lunch box (₹150). How many rupees are left for wants?
3. 3.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a schoolbag (c) a bigger TV (d) sweets every day
4. 4.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a warm blanket (c) designer sunglasses (d) a toy robot
5. 5.Rohan has ₹700. First Rohan pays for needs: school shoes (₹220) and a geometry box (₹210). How many rupees are left for wants?
6. 6.For Karan, is “a schoolbag” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
7. 7.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) milk (b) sweets every day (c) a third cricket bat (d) a remote-control car
8. 8.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) drinking water (c) a third cricket bat (d) a new party dress
9. 9.Isha has ₹400. First Isha pays for needs: a raincoat (₹50) and school shoes (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
10. 10.For Gurpreet, is “a raincoat” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
11. 11.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a remote-control car (d) a school uniform
12. 12.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) drinking water (c) a school uniform (d) a third cricket bat
13. 13.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) a schoolbag (c) a fancy phone cover (d) bus fare to school
14. 14.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) school shoes (b) a sticker album (c) a toy robot (d) sweets every day
15. 15.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) a remote-control car (c) vegetables (d) a warm blanket
16. 16.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a third cricket bat (c) toothpaste (d) sweets every day
17. 17.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a glitter pen set (d) bus fare to school
18. 18.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) milk (b) a fancy phone cover (c) extra comic books (d) a sticker album
19. 19.Diya has ₹450. First Diya pays for needs: a water bottle (₹110) and a raincoat (₹140). How many rupees are left for wants?
20. 20.For Rahul, is “extra comic books” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
21. 21.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) drinking water (c) extra comic books (d) school shoes
22. 22.Rohan has ₹450. First Rohan pays for needs: socks (₹110) and a school uniform (₹150). How many rupees are left for wants?
23. 23.Rohan has ₹350. First Rohan pays for needs: a water bottle (₹50) and notebooks (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
24. 24.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a raincoat (b) a remote-control car (c) sweets every day (d) a video game
25. 25.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) school shoes (c) a third cricket bat (d) designer sunglasses
26. 26.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) a bigger TV (c) a school uniform (d) a video game
27. 27.Saanvi has ₹750. First Saanvi pays for needs: school shoes (₹250) and notebooks (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
28. 28.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) school shoes (b) designer sunglasses (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a video game
29. 29.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) a warm blanket (c) rice and dal (d) a bigger TV
30. 30.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) toothpaste (c) a school uniform (d) a toy robot
31. 31.For Joseph, is “rice and dal” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
32. 32.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) a raincoat (c) a school uniform (d) a remote-control car
33. 33.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) toothpaste (b) extra comic books (c) a third cricket bat (d) sweets every day
34. 34.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) school shoes (c) a sticker album (d) soap
35. 35.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) toothpaste (b) sweets every day (c) a remote-control car (d) a new party dress
36. 36.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) medicine when ill (c) soap (d) extra comic books
37. 37.For Farhan, is “a fancy phone cover” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
38. 38.For Riya, is “a new party dress” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
39. 39.For Kabir, is “a raincoat” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
40. 40.Dev has ₹700. First Dev pays for needs: notebooks (₹200) and socks (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?

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