Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 33 · 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 need? (a) a sticker album (b) a glitter pen set (c) a schoolbag (d) a video game
2. 2.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) a fancy phone cover (c) rice and dal (d) drinking water
3. 3.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) milk (c) extra comic books (d) a video game
4. 4.For Ananya, is “notebooks for school” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
5. 5.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) rice and dal (c) a third cricket bat (d) a school uniform
6. 6.For Tara, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
7. 7.Joseph has ₹1000. First Joseph pays for needs: a school uniform (₹270) and a water bottle (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
8. 8.For Kabir, is “a video game” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
9. 9.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) notebooks for school (c) soap (d) a warm blanket
10. 10.Ananya has ₹800. First Ananya pays for needs: socks (₹100) and a water bottle (₹240). How many rupees are left for wants?
11. 11.Priya has ₹750. First Priya pays for needs: school shoes (₹140) and a raincoat (₹130). How many rupees are left for wants?
12. 12.Kavya has ₹300. First Kavya pays for needs: a geometry box (₹70) and a lunch box (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
13. 13.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) soap (c) designer sunglasses (d) a third cricket bat
14. 14.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) designer sunglasses (c) a fancy phone cover (d) notebooks for school
15. 15.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) rice and dal (b) a sticker album (c) a new party dress (d) a bigger TV
16. 16.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) school shoes (c) a video game (d) sweets every day
17. 17.For Ishaan, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
18. 18.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) sweets every day (c) a bigger TV (d) toothpaste
19. 19.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) sweets every day (b) milk (c) soap (d) drinking water
20. 20.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) a third cricket bat (c) notebooks for school (d) a school uniform
21. 21.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) designer sunglasses (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a school uniform
22. 22.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) rice and dal (c) bus fare to school (d) a school uniform
23. 23.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a glitter pen set (c) a third cricket bat (d) medicine when ill
24. 24.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) a fancy phone cover (c) school shoes (d) toothpaste
25. 25.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a bigger TV (c) a toy robot (d) bus fare to school
26. 26.For Farhan, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
27. 27.Saanvi has ₹500. First Saanvi pays for needs: a raincoat (₹110) and school shoes (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?
28. 28.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a new party dress (c) notebooks for school (d) a bigger TV
29. 29.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) drinking water (c) toothpaste (d) a glitter pen set
30. 30.For Aarav, is “a schoolbag” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
31. 31.For Diya, is “bus fare to school” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
32. 32.Zoya has ₹950. First Zoya pays for needs: school shoes (₹210) and a geometry box (₹270). How many rupees are left for wants?
33. 33.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) drinking water (c) a video game (d) a remote-control car
34. 34.For Rohan, is “designer sunglasses” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
35. 35.Vivaan has ₹450. First Vivaan pays for needs: socks (₹150) and a lunch box (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
36. 36.For Saanvi, is “a glitter pen set” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
37. 37.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) rice and dal (b) a video game (c) a remote-control car (d) a third cricket bat
38. 38.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) drinking water (c) designer sunglasses (d) a raincoat
39. 39.Meera has ₹1000. First Meera pays for needs: a geometry box (₹310) and socks (₹260). How many rupees are left for wants?
40. 40.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) a warm blanket (c) a raincoat (d) a video game

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