Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 303 · 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.Riya has ₹500. First Riya pays for needs: a lunch box (₹110) and a geometry box (₹160). How many rupees are left for wants?
2. 2.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a bigger TV (c) designer sunglasses (d) notebooks for school
3. 3.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a sticker album (c) a video game (d) vegetables
4. 4.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) sweets every day (c) a schoolbag (d) a third cricket bat
5. 5.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) sweets every day (c) designer sunglasses (d) toothpaste
6. 6.For Arjun, is “soap” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
7. 7.Tara has ₹1000. First Tara pays for needs: socks (₹90) and a geometry box (₹300). How many rupees are left for wants?
8. 8.Manav has ₹600. First Manav pays for needs: school shoes (₹130) and notebooks (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
9. 9.Kabir has ₹450. First Kabir pays for needs: a school uniform (₹110) and a geometry box (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
10. 10.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) vegetables (c) a video game (d) rice and dal
11. 11.Dev has ₹950. First Dev pays for needs: notebooks (₹180) and a school uniform (₹140). How many rupees are left for wants?
12. 12.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) a new party dress (c) bus fare to school (d) drinking water
13. 13.Manav has ₹700. First Manav pays for needs: a raincoat (₹60) and a geometry box (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
14. 14.Diya has ₹900. First Diya pays for needs: socks (₹230) and notebooks (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
15. 15.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) a third cricket bat (c) school shoes (d) sweets every day
16. 16.Priya has ₹350. First Priya pays for needs: notebooks (₹100) and school shoes (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
17. 17.For Aditya, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
18. 18.Kavya has ₹900. First Kavya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹280) and notebooks (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
19. 19.Ishaan has ₹800. First Ishaan pays for needs: a lunch box (₹250) and notebooks (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
20. 20.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) designer sunglasses (b) soap (c) a warm blanket (d) vegetables
21. 21.For Meera, is “a new party dress” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
22. 22.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) extra comic books (b) a warm blanket (c) vegetables (d) school shoes
23. 23.Aarav has ₹350. First Aarav pays for needs: a raincoat (₹100) and school shoes (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
24. 24.Kavya has ₹750. First Kavya pays for needs: a raincoat (₹60) and a school uniform (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
25. 25.Saanvi has ₹650. First Saanvi pays for needs: a lunch box (₹120) and a school uniform (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
26. 26.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a video game (c) sweets every day (d) a raincoat
27. 27.Gurpreet has ₹750. First Gurpreet pays for needs: notebooks (₹250) and a water bottle (₹230). How many rupees are left for wants?
28. 28.For Lakshmi, is “a fancy phone cover” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
29. 29.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) a raincoat (c) soap (d) designer sunglasses
30. 30.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a sticker album (b) notebooks for school (c) vegetables (d) drinking water
31. 31.Manav has ₹450. First Manav pays for needs: a school uniform (₹90) and a raincoat (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
32. 32.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) notebooks for school (c) a raincoat (d) a bigger TV
33. 33.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a glitter pen set (b) drinking water (c) rice and dal (d) notebooks for school
34. 34.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a remote-control car (c) a glitter pen set (d) rice and dal
35. 35.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) designer sunglasses (c) a raincoat (d) school shoes
36. 36.Ishaan has ₹350. First Ishaan pays for needs: school shoes (₹50) and a raincoat (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
37. 37.Isha has ₹850. First Isha pays for needs: a raincoat (₹70) and a geometry box (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
38. 38.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) drinking water (c) soap (d) a toy robot
39. 39.Farhan has ₹950. First Farhan pays for needs: school shoes (₹230) and a raincoat (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
40. 40.Ananya has ₹600. First Ananya pays for needs: a water bottle (₹190) and a lunch box (₹170). How many rupees are left for wants?

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