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Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 400 · 40 sums
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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.

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  1. 1.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) extra comic books (c) soap (d) bus fare to school
  2. 2.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a remote-control car (c) notebooks for school (d) designer sunglasses
  3. 3.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a bigger TV (c) school shoes (d) a third cricket bat
  4. 4.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a schoolbag (b) a video game (c) a bigger TV (d) a new party dress
  5. 5.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a warm blanket (c) drinking water (d) medicine when ill
  6. 6.Gurpreet has ₹300. First Gurpreet pays for needs: a raincoat (₹60) and notebooks (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
  7. 7.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) school shoes (c) a fancy phone cover (d) soap
  8. 8.For Riya, is “bus fare to school” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  9. 9.For Riya, is “designer sunglasses” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  10. 10.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) vegetables (c) a third cricket bat (d) a glitter pen set
  11. 11.Gurpreet has ₹550. First Gurpreet pays for needs: a water bottle (₹160) and notebooks (₹140). How many rupees are left for wants?
  12. 12.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) notebooks for school (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a schoolbag
  13. 13.Priya has ₹900. First Priya pays for needs: a geometry box (₹200) and a lunch box (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
  14. 14.For Aarav, is “a new party dress” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  15. 15.Aarav has ₹500. First Aarav pays for needs: a raincoat (₹100) and notebooks (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
  16. 16.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) notebooks for school (c) a remote-control car (d) a glitter pen set
  17. 17.Manav has ₹300. First Manav pays for needs: notebooks (₹60) and a geometry box (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
  18. 18.For Pooja, is “a glitter pen set” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  19. 19.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) rice and dal (b) a bigger TV (c) a sticker album (d) a glitter pen set
  20. 20.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) vegetables (b) designer sunglasses (c) a bigger TV (d) a sticker album
  21. 21.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) a glitter pen set (c) school shoes (d) drinking water
  22. 22.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) notebooks for school (c) school shoes (d) a new party dress
  23. 23.For Lakshmi, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  24. 24.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) rice and dal (c) a toy robot (d) a fancy phone cover
  25. 25.For Nisha, is “designer sunglasses” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  26. 26.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) a third cricket bat (c) rice and dal (d) medicine when ill
  27. 27.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) toothpaste (c) a third cricket bat (d) a fancy phone cover
  28. 28.For Dev, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  29. 29.For Sneha, is “notebooks for school” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  30. 30.For Ananya, is “a sticker album” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  31. 31.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a glitter pen set (b) medicine when ill (c) notebooks for school (d) soap
  32. 32.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) sweets every day (b) rice and dal (c) school shoes (d) toothpaste
  33. 33.For Joseph, is “sweets every day” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  34. 34.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a bigger TV (c) notebooks for school (d) designer sunglasses
  35. 35.Manav has ₹900. First Manav pays for needs: a school uniform (₹80) and notebooks (₹270). How many rupees are left for wants?
  36. 36.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) sweets every day (c) a sticker album (d) soap
  37. 37.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a sticker album (d) drinking water
  38. 38.For Rahul, is “a glitter pen set” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  39. 39.Tara has ₹900. First Tara pays for needs: a geometry box (₹130) and a raincoat (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
  40. 40.For Tara, is “sweets every day” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want

Answer key

  1. extra comic books
  2. notebooks for school
  3. school shoes
  4. a schoolbag
  5. a fancy phone cover
  6. 170
  7. a fancy phone cover
  8. Need
  9. Want
  10. vegetables
  11. 250
  12. a fancy phone cover
  13. 650
  14. Want
  15. 300
  16. notebooks for school
  17. 180
  18. Want
  19. rice and dal
  20. vegetables
  21. a glitter pen set
  22. a new party dress
  23. Need
  24. rice and dal
  25. Want
  26. a third cricket bat
  27. toothpaste
  28. Need
  29. Need
  30. Want
  31. a glitter pen set
  32. sweets every day
  33. Want
  34. notebooks for school
  35. 550
  36. soap
  37. drinking water
  38. Want
  39. 690
  40. Want

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