Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 359 · 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.Saanvi has ₹850. First Saanvi pays for needs: notebooks (₹170) and a water bottle (₹240). How many rupees are left for wants?
2. 2.For Riya, is “a new party dress” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
3. 3.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) rice and dal (b) extra comic books (c) a toy robot (d) designer sunglasses
4. 4.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) extra comic books (b) toothpaste (c) rice and dal (d) medicine when ill
5. 5.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a raincoat (b) a third cricket bat (c) a video game (d) a remote-control car
6. 6.Aarav has ₹400. First Aarav pays for needs: socks (₹80) and a water bottle (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
7. 7.For Dev, is “designer sunglasses” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
8. 8.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) a warm blanket (c) rice and dal (d) a third cricket bat
9. 9.Diya has ₹350. First Diya pays for needs: a geometry box (₹80) and socks (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
10. 10.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) vegetables (c) a video game (d) a sticker album
11. 11.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a new party dress (c) extra comic books (d) bus fare to school
12. 12.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a remote-control car (b) milk (c) a schoolbag (d) medicine when ill
13. 13.Pooja has ₹750. First Pooja pays for needs: notebooks (₹250) and a school uniform (₹250). How many rupees are left for wants?
14. 14.Ishaan has ₹500. First Ishaan pays for needs: school shoes (₹70) and socks (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
15. 15.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) bus fare to school (c) toothpaste (d) a bigger TV
16. 16.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a new party dress (b) drinking water (c) rice and dal (d) a warm blanket
17. 17.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) a third cricket bat (c) drinking water (d) a raincoat
18. 18.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) drinking water (c) a sticker album (d) sweets every day
19. 19.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a remote-control car (c) a new party dress (d) school shoes
20. 20.Ishaan has ₹350. First Ishaan pays for needs: socks (₹50) and school shoes (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
21. 21.For Vivaan, is “notebooks for school” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
22. 22.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) bus fare to school (c) a glitter pen set (d) a new party dress
23. 23.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) rice and dal (c) designer sunglasses (d) sweets every day
24. 24.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a new party dress (c) medicine when ill (d) a toy robot
25. 25.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) bus fare to school (c) extra comic books (d) soap
26. 26.For Aarav, is “vegetables” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
27. 27.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) a schoolbag (c) extra comic books (d) a school uniform
28. 28.Tara has ₹750. First Tara pays for needs: a lunch box (₹170) and school shoes (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
29. 29.For Diya, is “sweets every day” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
30. 30.For Meera, is “a bigger TV” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
31. 31.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) a remote-control car (c) a raincoat (d) medicine when ill
32. 32.For Sneha, is “medicine when ill” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
33. 33.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a glitter pen set (c) soap (d) a video game
34. 34.For Priya, is “vegetables” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
35. 35.Karan has ₹600. First Karan pays for needs: a raincoat (₹170) and a school uniform (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?
36. 36.Diya has ₹350. First Diya pays for needs: a geometry box (₹50) and a school uniform (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
37. 37.For Aarav, is “medicine when ill” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
38. 38.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) designer sunglasses (c) rice and dal (d) a bigger TV
39. 39.For Diya, is “a video game” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
40. 40.Ananya has ₹450. First Ananya pays for needs: a water bottle (₹100) and notebooks (₹140). How many rupees are left for wants?

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