Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 414 · 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.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) a new party dress (c) bus fare to school (d) notebooks for school
2. 2.Ananya has ₹400. First Ananya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹80) and a geometry box (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
3. 3.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) a schoolbag (c) milk (d) a fancy phone cover
4. 4.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a remote-control car (c) a toy robot (d) medicine when ill
5. 5.Kabir has ₹950. First Kabir pays for needs: notebooks (₹100) and a water bottle (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
6. 6.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) milk (c) a bigger TV (d) a remote-control car
7. 7.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) school shoes (c) a third cricket bat (d) a fancy phone cover
8. 8.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) toothpaste (c) a warm blanket (d) designer sunglasses
9. 9.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) medicine when ill (c) vegetables (d) a toy robot
10. 10.For Isha, is “a fancy phone cover” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
11. 11.Joseph has ₹650. First Joseph pays for needs: socks (₹120) and a school uniform (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
12. 12.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) bus fare to school (c) notebooks for school (d) extra comic books
13. 13.For Aarav, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
14. 14.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) a bigger TV (c) toothpaste (d) milk
15. 15.Lakshmi has ₹900. First Lakshmi pays for needs: notebooks (₹60) and school shoes (₹260). How many rupees are left for wants?
16. 16.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) a glitter pen set (c) a warm blanket (d) notebooks for school
17. 17.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) milk (c) extra comic books (d) notebooks for school
18. 18.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a remote-control car (c) a raincoat (d) a video game
19. 19.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) soap (c) vegetables (d) designer sunglasses
20. 20.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) sweets every day (c) rice and dal (d) a warm blanket
21. 21.Pooja has ₹550. First Pooja pays for needs: a lunch box (₹80) and a school uniform (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
22. 22.For Ananya, is “a sticker album” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
23. 23.For Zoya, is “a fancy phone cover” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
24. 24.For Lakshmi, is “bus fare to school” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
25. 25.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a video game (b) soap (c) milk (d) a schoolbag
26. 26.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a glitter pen set (b) school shoes (c) a raincoat (d) bus fare to school
27. 27.For Priya, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
28. 28.For Pooja, is “school shoes” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
29. 29.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) school shoes (c) a fancy phone cover (d) soap
30. 30.For Kavya, is “milk” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
31. 31.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) drinking water (c) bus fare to school (d) a video game
32. 32.Nisha has ₹350. First Nisha pays for needs: socks (₹80) and notebooks (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
33. 33.Aarav has ₹400. First Aarav pays for needs: a raincoat (₹100) and a geometry box (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
34. 34.Zoya has ₹550. First Zoya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹100) and school shoes (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
35. 35.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a remote-control car (b) rice and dal (c) a schoolbag (d) toothpaste
36. 36.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) drinking water (c) milk (d) a fancy phone cover
37. 37.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a glitter pen set (c) vegetables (d) a toy robot
38. 38.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a video game (b) toothpaste (c) milk (d) soap
39. 39.Ananya has ₹750. First Ananya pays for needs: socks (₹50) and a geometry box (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
40. 40.Dev has ₹450. First Dev pays for needs: a geometry box (₹120) and notebooks (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?

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