Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 28 · 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.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) vegetables (b) designer sunglasses (c) sweets every day (d) a video game
2. 2.Riya has ₹400. First Riya pays for needs: a water bottle (₹100) and socks (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
3. 3.Rohan has ₹350. First Rohan pays for needs: a lunch box (₹110) and a geometry box (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
4. 4.For Aditya, is “toothpaste” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
5. 5.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) vegetables (c) medicine when ill (d) a third cricket bat
6. 6.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a raincoat (c) a bigger TV (d) designer sunglasses
7. 7.Pooja has ₹750. First Pooja pays for needs: a lunch box (₹210) and socks (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
8. 8.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a bigger TV (c) a raincoat (d) designer sunglasses
9. 9.For Arjun, is “toothpaste” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
10. 10.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a school uniform (b) a toy robot (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a third cricket bat
11. 11.For Dev, is “a remote-control car” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
12. 12.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) rice and dal (c) sweets every day (d) a glitter pen set
13. 13.Karan has ₹750. First Karan pays for needs: a geometry box (₹240) and a water bottle (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
14. 14.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a remote-control car (b) school shoes (c) a raincoat (d) milk
15. 15.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) drinking water (c) extra comic books (d) school shoes
16. 16.For Karan, is “a school uniform” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
17. 17.Gurpreet has ₹750. First Gurpreet pays for needs: notebooks (₹250) and a geometry box (₹180). How many rupees are left for wants?
18. 18.Ishaan has ₹500. First Ishaan pays for needs: school shoes (₹90) and a school uniform (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
19. 19.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a new party dress (c) extra comic books (d) school shoes
20. 20.Riya has ₹850. First Riya pays for needs: a raincoat (₹130) and a school uniform (₹180). How many rupees are left for wants?
21. 21.For Dev, is “a school uniform” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
22. 22.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a sticker album (c) a video game (d) notebooks for school
23. 23.For Rohan, is “vegetables” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
24. 24.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) a warm blanket (c) toothpaste (d) a remote-control car
25. 25.Aditya has ₹1000. First Aditya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹190) and socks (₹220). 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) a fancy phone cover (c) a warm blanket (d) a sticker album
27. 27.For Rahul, is “a warm blanket” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
28. 28.Aarav has ₹850. First Aarav pays for needs: a raincoat (₹80) and school shoes (₹140). How many rupees are left for wants?
29. 29.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) a toy robot (c) notebooks for school (d) toothpaste
30. 30.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) notebooks for school (c) a new party dress (d) sweets every day
31. 31.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) notebooks for school (c) school shoes (d) designer sunglasses
32. 32.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) sweets every day (b) medicine when ill (c) rice and dal (d) soap
33. 33.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) a third cricket bat (c) toothpaste (d) drinking water
34. 34.For Tara, is “toothpaste” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
35. 35.For Ishaan, is “vegetables” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
36. 36.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a new party dress (b) toothpaste (c) soap (d) a raincoat
37. 37.Manav has ₹350. First Manav pays for needs: school shoes (₹70) and a lunch box (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
38. 38.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) a schoolbag (c) designer sunglasses (d) toothpaste
39. 39.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a video game (b) a raincoat (c) a school uniform (d) school shoes
40. 40.For Aarav, is “school shoes” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want

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