Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 399 · 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 Gurpreet, is “a raincoat” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
2. 2.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a third cricket bat (c) notebooks for school (d) sweets every day
3. 3.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) a toy robot (c) rice and dal (d) a warm blanket
4. 4.Rohan has ₹750. First Rohan pays for needs: a lunch box (₹100) and a raincoat (₹250). How many rupees are left for wants?
5. 5.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a remote-control car (c) a sticker album (d) a warm blanket
6. 6.Rohan has ₹550. First Rohan pays for needs: a water bottle (₹70) and a lunch box (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
7. 7.Manav has ₹400. First Manav pays for needs: school shoes (₹80) and a geometry box (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
8. 8.Diya has ₹450. First Diya pays for needs: notebooks (₹110) and a lunch box (₹140). How many rupees are left for wants?
9. 9.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) school shoes (c) a glitter pen set (d) a schoolbag
10. 10.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) drinking water (c) soap (d) a remote-control car
11. 11.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a new party dress (b) a schoolbag (c) bus fare to school (d) a warm blanket
12. 12.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) soap (c) a third cricket bat (d) a school uniform
13. 13.For Tara, is “designer sunglasses” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
14. 14.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a third cricket bat (c) sweets every day (d) a raincoat
15. 15.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a sticker album (b) toothpaste (c) soap (d) vegetables
16. 16.For Aarav, is “a video game” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
17. 17.For Lakshmi, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
18. 18.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) a warm blanket (c) rice and dal (d) a third cricket bat
19. 19.Ishaan has ₹450. First Ishaan pays for needs: a water bottle (₹50) and a geometry box (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
20. 20.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) soap (c) sweets every day (d) a third cricket bat
21. 21.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a sticker album (c) sweets every day (d) a warm blanket
22. 22.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) a raincoat (c) school shoes (d) a video game
23. 23.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) soap (c) a video game (d) a third cricket bat
24. 24.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a remote-control car (b) notebooks for school (c) a school uniform (d) medicine when ill
25. 25.Karan has ₹600. First Karan pays for needs: a geometry box (₹170) and school shoes (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
26. 26.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) drinking water (c) sweets every day (d) soap
27. 27.For Riya, is “a schoolbag” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
28. 28.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) soap (c) vegetables (d) designer sunglasses
29. 29.For Rohan, is “milk” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
30. 30.For Dev, is “a toy robot” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
31. 31.Saanvi has ₹900. First Saanvi pays for needs: a raincoat (₹80) and a geometry box (₹220). How many rupees are left for wants?
32. 32.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a schoolbag (b) a glitter pen set (c) a new party dress (d) a sticker album
33. 33.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) rice and dal (c) sweets every day (d) a school uniform
34. 34.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) a school uniform (c) soap (d) a remote-control car
35. 35.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a schoolbag (c) a sticker album (d) sweets every day
36. 36.For Gurpreet, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
37. 37.Kabir has ₹600. First Kabir pays for needs: school shoes (₹90) and a geometry box (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
38. 38.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) a schoolbag (c) notebooks for school (d) sweets every day
39. 39.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) rice and dal (c) a bigger TV (d) a new party dress
40. 40.For Zoya, is “vegetables” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need

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