Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 296 · 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.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) a warm blanket (c) a video game (d) notebooks for school
2. 2.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a glitter pen set (c) sweets every day (d) medicine when ill
3. 3.For Rohan, is “toothpaste” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
4. 4.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) a third cricket bat (c) toothpaste (d) notebooks for school
5. 5.For Meera, is “rice and dal” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
6. 6.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) soap (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a bigger TV (d) designer sunglasses
7. 7.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) rice and dal (b) sweets every day (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a video game
8. 8.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) soap (b) a bigger TV (c) a new party dress (d) a video game
9. 9.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a raincoat (b) a third cricket bat (c) a bigger TV (d) sweets every day
10. 10.For Farhan, is “soap” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
11. 11.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) a video game (c) notebooks for school (d) a fancy phone cover
12. 12.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) designer sunglasses (c) sweets every day (d) a schoolbag
13. 13.For Priya, is “rice and dal” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
14. 14.For Diya, is “school shoes” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
15. 15.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) a sticker album (c) drinking water (d) milk
16. 16.For Arjun, is “a schoolbag” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
17. 17.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a remote-control car (b) a warm blanket (c) notebooks for school (d) rice and dal
18. 18.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) notebooks for school (c) drinking water (d) bus fare to school
19. 19.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) a video game (c) toothpaste (d) rice and dal
20. 20.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) sweets every day (b) drinking water (c) a warm blanket (d) soap
21. 21.For Rohan, is “school shoes” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
22. 22.For Meera, is “a new party dress” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
23. 23.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a sticker album (c) vegetables (d) extra comic books
24. 24.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) a toy robot (c) a school uniform (d) milk
25. 25.Isha has ₹1000. First Isha pays for needs: a lunch box (₹220) and a raincoat (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?
26. 26.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) a bigger TV (c) school shoes (d) medicine when ill
27. 27.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a fancy phone cover (c) designer sunglasses (d) soap
28. 28.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) a toy robot (c) vegetables (d) soap
29. 29.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) sweets every day (c) bus fare to school (d) medicine when ill
30. 30.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) a toy robot (c) vegetables (d) soap
31. 31.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a video game (c) extra comic books (d) milk
32. 32.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a new party dress (c) a third cricket bat (d) a raincoat
33. 33.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) sweets every day (c) vegetables (d) a video game
34. 34.For Tara, is “rice and dal” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
35. 35.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a remote-control car (c) drinking water (d) a glitter pen set
36. 36.For Rahul, is “a schoolbag” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
37. 37.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) designer sunglasses (b) school shoes (c) a school uniform (d) milk
38. 38.Meera has ₹550. First Meera pays for needs: school shoes (₹60) and a water bottle (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
39. 39.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) medicine when ill (c) vegetables (d) a bigger TV
40. 40.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a video game (b) bus fare to school (c) toothpaste (d) vegetables

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