Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 411 · 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.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) school shoes (c) drinking water (d) designer sunglasses
2. 2.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) rice and dal (c) drinking water (d) a toy robot
3. 3.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a new party dress (c) a sticker album (d) rice and dal
4. 4.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) school shoes (c) sweets every day (d) designer sunglasses
5. 5.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) a warm blanket (c) rice and dal (d) a new party dress
6. 6.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) milk (c) a remote-control car (d) rice and dal
7. 7.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) bus fare to school (c) vegetables (d) a glitter pen set
8. 8.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a glitter pen set (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a schoolbag
9. 9.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) a third cricket bat (c) rice and dal (d) drinking water
10. 10.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a video game (c) a fancy phone cover (d) notebooks for school
11. 11.Aarav has ₹650. First Aarav pays for needs: notebooks (₹190) and school shoes (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
12. 12.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) school shoes (c) a toy robot (d) a video game
13. 13.For Kabir, is “a bigger TV” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
14. 14.For Ananya, is “bus fare to school” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
15. 15.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) sweets every day (c) a bigger TV (d) rice and dal
16. 16.For Priya, is “a school uniform” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
17. 17.Pooja has ₹700. First Pooja pays for needs: school shoes (₹60) and notebooks (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
18. 18.Karan has ₹650. First Karan pays for needs: a lunch box (₹140) and a raincoat (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
19. 19.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) notebooks for school (b) a third cricket bat (c) a toy robot (d) a video game
20. 20.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) a video game (c) a third cricket bat (d) toothpaste
21. 21.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) school shoes (c) a video game (d) milk
22. 22.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a school uniform (b) designer sunglasses (c) a bigger TV (d) a fancy phone cover
23. 23.Kabir has ₹850. First Kabir pays for needs: a lunch box (₹80) and notebooks (₹160). How many rupees are left for wants?
24. 24.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) drinking water (b) a sticker album (c) designer sunglasses (d) a bigger TV
25. 25.For Manav, is “school shoes” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
26. 26.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) a fancy phone cover (c) milk (d) a school uniform
27. 27.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a bigger TV (b) drinking water (c) a schoolbag (d) a warm blanket
28. 28.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a remote-control car (b) a raincoat (c) medicine when ill (d) notebooks for school
29. 29.Rahul has ₹450. First Rahul pays for needs: a lunch box (₹60) and notebooks (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
30. 30.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) milk (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a toy robot
31. 31.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a raincoat (b) a toy robot (c) sweets every day (d) a sticker album
32. 32.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a warm blanket (d) a new party dress
33. 33.For Karan, is “soap” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
34. 34.For Zoya, is “extra comic books” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
35. 35.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a fancy phone cover (c) sweets every day (d) notebooks for school
36. 36.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) designer sunglasses (c) a toy robot (d) a school uniform
37. 37.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) a third cricket bat (c) milk (d) rice and dal
38. 38.Kabir has ₹1000. First Kabir pays for needs: a geometry box (₹300) and school shoes (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
39. 39.Aditya has ₹650. First Aditya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹100) and notebooks (₹170). How many rupees are left for wants?
40. 40.Nisha has ₹800. First Nisha pays for needs: socks (₹90) and a water bottle (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?

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