Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 365 · 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.For Lakshmi, is “designer sunglasses” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
2. 2.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) school shoes (c) rice and dal (d) bus fare to school
3. 3.Zoya has ₹400. First Zoya pays for needs: a lunch box (₹80) and a raincoat (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
4. 4.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a video game (c) sweets every day (d) drinking water
5. 5.Zoya has ₹300. First Zoya pays for needs: a raincoat (₹80) and notebooks (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
6. 6.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a fancy phone cover (c) rice and dal (d) sweets every day
7. 7.For Rahul, is “medicine when ill” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
8. 8.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a bigger TV (c) a video game (d) vegetables
9. 9.Joseph has ₹350. First Joseph pays for needs: a geometry box (₹50) and socks (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
10. 10.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a raincoat (b) sweets every day (c) a third cricket bat (d) a fancy phone cover
11. 11.Lakshmi has ₹350. First Lakshmi pays for needs: a school uniform (₹70) and school shoes (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
12. 12.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) bus fare to school (c) a sticker album (d) school shoes
13. 13.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) a glitter pen set (c) a school uniform (d) a sticker album
14. 14.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a fancy phone cover (c) medicine when ill (d) extra comic books
15. 15.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) notebooks for school (c) a bigger TV (d) a warm blanket
16. 16.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a warm blanket (b) a sticker album (c) a bigger TV (d) a video game
17. 17.Isha has ₹400. First Isha pays for needs: a lunch box (₹110) and a raincoat (₹130). How many rupees are left for wants?
18. 18.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a bigger TV (c) a school uniform (d) a remote-control car
19. 19.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) a raincoat (c) toothpaste (d) sweets every day
20. 20.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) extra comic books (c) soap (d) a third cricket bat
21. 21.For Karan, is “rice and dal” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
22. 22.Meera has ₹950. First Meera pays for needs: a raincoat (₹260) and school shoes (₹180). How many rupees are left for wants?
23. 23.Rohan has ₹750. First Rohan pays for needs: a geometry box (₹120) and a water bottle (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
24. 24.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) designer sunglasses (c) drinking water (d) bus fare to school
25. 25.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) designer sunglasses (c) a raincoat (d) notebooks for school
26. 26.For Nisha, is “a raincoat” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
27. 27.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) a remote-control car (c) notebooks for school (d) medicine when ill
28. 28.For Tara, is “a remote-control car” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
29. 29.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a sticker album (d) toothpaste
30. 30.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) rice and dal (c) drinking water (d) extra comic books
31. 31.Rohan has ₹400. First Rohan pays for needs: a school uniform (₹60) and a geometry box (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
32. 32.Gurpreet has ₹550. First Gurpreet pays for needs: a geometry box (₹50) and a raincoat (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
33. 33.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) vegetables (b) a sticker album (c) a glitter pen set (d) designer sunglasses
34. 34.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a video game (c) drinking water (d) a fancy phone cover
35. 35.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a third cricket bat (c) a sticker album (d) vegetables
36. 36.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a sticker album (b) notebooks for school (c) drinking water (d) a warm blanket
37. 37.Rohan has ₹650. First Rohan pays for needs: school shoes (₹50) and a raincoat (₹130). How many rupees are left for wants?
38. 38.For Kabir, is “sweets every day” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
39. 39.Manav has ₹500. First Manav pays for needs: school shoes (₹80) and a raincoat (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
40. 40.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) rice and dal (c) extra comic books (d) vegetables

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