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Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 413 · 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.For Tara, is “notebooks for school” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  2. 2.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) a school uniform (c) designer sunglasses (d) a schoolbag
  3. 3.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) notebooks for school (c) a new party dress (d) a schoolbag
  4. 4.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) bus fare to school (c) vegetables (d) a sticker album
  5. 5.Kabir has ₹950. First Kabir pays for needs: notebooks (₹170) and a school uniform (₹190). How many rupees are left for wants?
  6. 6.Gurpreet has ₹350. First Gurpreet pays for needs: a school uniform (₹60) and notebooks (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
  7. 7.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a warm blanket (c) designer sunglasses (d) sweets every day
  8. 8.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a sticker album (c) a remote-control car (d) drinking water
  9. 9.For Aditya, is “a toy robot” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  10. 10.Karan has ₹300. First Karan pays for needs: a water bottle (₹80) and a lunch box (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
  11. 11.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) milk (b) a third cricket bat (c) a new party dress (d) a fancy phone cover
  12. 12.Priya has ₹500. First Priya pays for needs: a geometry box (₹60) and notebooks (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
  13. 13.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) a school uniform (c) bus fare to school (d) a bigger TV
  14. 14.Karan has ₹500. First Karan pays for needs: a geometry box (₹50) and school shoes (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?
  15. 15.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a bigger TV (c) drinking water (d) sweets every day
  16. 16.For Manav, is “a warm blanket” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  17. 17.For Nisha, is “notebooks for school” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  18. 18.Aditya has ₹600. First Aditya pays for needs: a water bottle (₹200) and a lunch box (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
  19. 19.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) sweets every day (c) soap (d) a third cricket bat
  20. 20.Aditya has ₹1000. First Aditya pays for needs: a raincoat (₹250) and a geometry box (₹150). How many rupees are left for wants?
  21. 21.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) designer sunglasses (c) a fancy phone cover (d) notebooks for school
  22. 22.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a schoolbag (c) rice and dal (d) vegetables
  23. 23.For Tara, is “a fancy phone cover” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  24. 24.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) vegetables (c) sweets every day (d) a new party dress
  25. 25.For Diya, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  26. 26.For Kavya, is “sweets every day” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  27. 27.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a warm blanket (c) a remote-control car (d) a video game
  28. 28.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a fancy phone cover (c) sweets every day (d) a schoolbag
  29. 29.Sneha has ₹600. First Sneha pays for needs: a school uniform (₹160) and notebooks (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
  30. 30.For Aarav, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  31. 31.For Ishaan, is “a glitter pen set” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  32. 32.Meera has ₹450. First Meera pays for needs: notebooks (₹80) and a lunch box (₹150). How many rupees are left for wants?
  33. 33.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) a fancy phone cover (c) bus fare to school (d) a sticker album
  34. 34.Kavya has ₹550. First Kavya pays for needs: a water bottle (₹50) and school shoes (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
  35. 35.Pooja has ₹850. First Pooja pays for needs: a geometry box (₹240) and a school uniform (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
  36. 36.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) extra comic books (c) milk (d) a fancy phone cover
  37. 37.For Vivaan, is “medicine when ill” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  38. 38.For Meera, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  39. 39.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) a glitter pen set (c) toothpaste (d) rice and dal
  40. 40.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) bus fare to school (c) vegetables (d) a new party dress

Answer key

  1. Need
  2. designer sunglasses
  3. a new party dress
  4. a sticker album
  5. 590
  6. 180
  7. a warm blanket
  8. drinking water
  9. Want
  10. 170
  11. milk
  12. 380
  13. a bigger TV
  14. 330
  15. drinking water
  16. Need
  17. Need
  18. 350
  19. soap
  20. 600
  21. notebooks for school
  22. a glitter pen set
  23. Want
  24. vegetables
  25. Need
  26. Want
  27. a warm blanket
  28. a schoolbag
  29. 390
  30. Need
  31. Want
  32. 220
  33. bus fare to school
  34. 440
  35. 560
  36. milk
  37. Need
  38. Need
  39. a glitter pen set
  40. a new party dress

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