Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 278 · 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 Rohan, is “milk” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
2. 2.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) a toy robot (c) a glitter pen set (d) bus fare to school
3. 3.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) a raincoat (c) toothpaste (d) a new party dress
4. 4.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) rice and dal (c) extra comic books (d) toothpaste
5. 5.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) bus fare to school (b) a third cricket bat (c) a toy robot (d) a sticker album
6. 6.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) a sticker album (c) school shoes (d) toothpaste
7. 7.For Joseph, is “a warm blanket” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
8. 8.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a toy robot (c) a bigger TV (d) a warm blanket
9. 9.Kavya has ₹650. First Kavya pays for needs: notebooks (₹180) and a school uniform (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
10. 10.For Isha, is “a new party dress” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
11. 11.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) extra comic books (c) a third cricket bat (d) rice and dal
12. 12.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) bus fare to school (c) a toy robot (d) extra comic books
13. 13.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a toy robot (c) a raincoat (d) extra comic books
14. 14.For Arjun, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
15. 15.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) drinking water (c) a sticker album (d) a video game
16. 16.For Sneha, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
17. 17.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a third cricket bat (c) a school uniform (d) extra comic books
18. 18.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) a school uniform (c) toothpaste (d) a glitter pen set
19. 19.Rohan has ₹650. First Rohan pays for needs: a lunch box (₹190) and school shoes (₹170). How many rupees are left for wants?
20. 20.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a third cricket bat (c) a bigger TV (d) school shoes
21. 21.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) designer sunglasses (c) a bigger TV (d) vegetables
22. 22.Priya has ₹550. First Priya pays for needs: school shoes (₹50) and a school uniform (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
23. 23.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) a glitter pen set (c) soap (d) vegetables
24. 24.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) school shoes (c) a remote-control car (d) sweets every day
25. 25.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) a glitter pen set (c) a raincoat (d) drinking water
26. 26.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) drinking water (c) a fancy phone cover (d) designer sunglasses
27. 27.Nisha has ₹300. First Nisha pays for needs: a lunch box (₹90) and a geometry box (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
28. 28.For Riya, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
29. 29.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) extra comic books (c) bus fare to school (d) a fancy phone cover
30. 30.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) designer sunglasses (c) rice and dal (d) medicine when ill
31. 31.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) notebooks for school (c) a school uniform (d) sweets every day
32. 32.For Vivaan, is “a school uniform” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
33. 33.For Arjun, is “bus fare to school” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
34. 34.Kavya has ₹500. First Kavya pays for needs: a raincoat (₹130) and a geometry box (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
35. 35.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) drinking water (c) a glitter pen set (d) bus fare to school
36. 36.Tara has ₹800. First Tara pays for needs: a geometry box (₹210) and a water bottle (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
37. 37.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) notebooks for school (c) extra comic books (d) drinking water
38. 38.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) notebooks for school (c) extra comic books (d) rice and dal
39. 39.Ishaan has ₹1000. First Ishaan pays for needs: a raincoat (₹100) and a water bottle (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
40. 40.Karan has ₹800. First Karan pays for needs: school shoes (₹230) and a lunch box (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?

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