Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 315 · 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.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a sticker album (b) drinking water (c) medicine when ill (d) a school uniform
2. 2.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) rice and dal (c) notebooks for school (d) a fancy phone cover
3. 3.Priya has ₹750. First Priya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹100) and a water bottle (₹140). How many rupees are left for wants?
4. 4.Sneha has ₹300. First Sneha pays for needs: a raincoat (₹100) and a geometry box (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
5. 5.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) medicine when ill (b) a remote-control car (c) designer sunglasses (d) a glitter pen set
6. 6.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) vegetables (c) a raincoat (d) a toy robot
7. 7.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a new party dress (c) rice and dal (d) a video game
8. 8.Ishaan has ₹750. First Ishaan pays for needs: school shoes (₹210) and notebooks (₹130). How many rupees are left for wants?
9. 9.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) sweets every day (c) soap (d) a sticker album
10. 10.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) drinking water (b) a third cricket bat (c) extra comic books (d) a sticker album
11. 11.Kavya has ₹400. First Kavya pays for needs: notebooks (₹110) and a geometry box (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
12. 12.For Joseph, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
13. 13.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a warm blanket (b) a toy robot (c) a video game (d) sweets every day
14. 14.For Tara, is “milk” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
15. 15.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a remote-control car (b) rice and dal (c) notebooks for school (d) a schoolbag
16. 16.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a third cricket bat (c) designer sunglasses (d) toothpaste
17. 17.Farhan has ₹750. First Farhan pays for needs: school shoes (₹210) and a lunch box (₹190). How many rupees are left for wants?
18. 18.For Vivaan, is “sweets every day” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
19. 19.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) a new party dress (c) vegetables (d) bus fare to school
20. 20.For Diya, is “designer sunglasses” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
21. 21.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) soap (b) designer sunglasses (c) sweets every day (d) a third cricket bat
22. 22.For Dev, is “school shoes” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
23. 23.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) designer sunglasses (c) a third cricket bat (d) rice and dal
24. 24.For Rohan, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
25. 25.Rohan has ₹950. First Rohan pays for needs: school shoes (₹130) and a lunch box (₹290). How many rupees are left for wants?
26. 26.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) rice and dal (c) a glitter pen set (d) sweets every day
27. 27.Zoya has ₹900. First Zoya pays for needs: socks (₹90) and school shoes (₹190). How many rupees are left for wants?
28. 28.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) drinking water (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a toy robot
29. 29.Dev has ₹350. First Dev pays for needs: a water bottle (₹70) and a raincoat (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
30. 30.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) notebooks for school (c) a fancy phone cover (d) milk
31. 31.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) vegetables (c) a sticker album (d) rice and dal
32. 32.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) a video game (c) vegetables (d) a school uniform
33. 33.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) a schoolbag (c) extra comic books (d) a sticker album
34. 34.For Arjun, is “a fancy phone cover” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
35. 35.For Ananya, is “milk” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
36. 36.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) rice and dal (c) school shoes (d) a remote-control car
37. 37.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) drinking water (c) a toy robot (d) bus fare to school
38. 38.For Saanvi, is “a sticker album” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
39. 39.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) designer sunglasses (b) vegetables (c) school shoes (d) milk
40. 40.For Ananya, is “a raincoat” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need

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