Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 287 · 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 Zoya, is “a new party dress” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
2. 2.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a warm blanket (d) soap
3. 3.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) vegetables (c) a school uniform (d) a remote-control car
4. 4.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a schoolbag (b) a sticker album (c) a third cricket bat (d) a fancy phone cover
5. 5.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a toy robot (c) bus fare to school (d) a third cricket bat
6. 6.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) drinking water (b) a toy robot (c) a glitter pen set (d) a sticker album
7. 7.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) extra comic books (c) a sticker album (d) drinking water
8. 8.Nisha has ₹400. First Nisha pays for needs: school shoes (₹60) and a lunch box (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
9. 9.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) a toy robot (c) notebooks for school (d) medicine when ill
10. 10.For Meera, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
11. 11.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a remote-control car (b) medicine when ill (c) a school uniform (d) drinking water
12. 12.Aditya has ₹850. First Aditya pays for needs: a raincoat (₹260) and school shoes (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
13. 13.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) soap (c) sweets every day (d) a schoolbag
14. 14.Gurpreet has ₹700. First Gurpreet pays for needs: a school uniform (₹200) and a geometry box (₹140). How many rupees are left for wants?
15. 15.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a toy robot (c) a remote-control car (d) medicine when ill
16. 16.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) a toy robot (c) vegetables (d) bus fare to school
17. 17.Isha has ₹950. First Isha pays for needs: a lunch box (₹220) and notebooks (₹130). How many rupees are left for wants?
18. 18.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a warm blanket (c) a new party dress (d) a toy robot
19. 19.For Kabir, is “a remote-control car” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
20. 20.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) extra comic books (c) toothpaste (d) a third cricket bat
21. 21.Nisha has ₹650. First Nisha pays for needs: a water bottle (₹90) and a lunch box (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
22. 22.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) a raincoat (c) a warm blanket (d) a glitter pen set
23. 23.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) designer sunglasses (c) toothpaste (d) bus fare to school
24. 24.Lakshmi has ₹800. First Lakshmi pays for needs: a geometry box (₹180) and a water bottle (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
25. 25.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) vegetables (c) medicine when ill (d) a new party dress
26. 26.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) a raincoat (c) school shoes (d) a bigger TV
27. 27.For Joseph, is “bus fare to school” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
28. 28.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a remote-control car (c) notebooks for school (d) a sticker album
29. 29.For Diya, is “toothpaste” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
30. 30.For Manav, is “a new party dress” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
31. 31.Isha has ₹300. First Isha pays for needs: socks (₹100) and school shoes (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
32. 32.For Dev, is “a new party dress” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
33. 33.Dev has ₹550. First Dev pays for needs: socks (₹120) and a lunch box (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
34. 34.For Arjun, is “a video game” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
35. 35.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) soap (b) extra comic books (c) a new party dress (d) a video game
36. 36.Lakshmi has ₹850. First Lakshmi pays for needs: a raincoat (₹120) and a geometry box (₹220). How many rupees are left for wants?
37. 37.For Riya, is “sweets every day” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
38. 38.For Lakshmi, is “a warm blanket” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
39. 39.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) notebooks for school (b) extra comic books (c) designer sunglasses (d) a video game
40. 40.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a third cricket bat (c) sweets every day (d) medicine when ill

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