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Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 416 · 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.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) school shoes (c) sweets every day (d) a sticker album
  2. 2.For Rohan, is “a sticker album” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  3. 3.For Diya, is “rice and dal” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  4. 4.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) a new party dress (c) a raincoat (d) bus fare to school
  5. 5.Ananya has ₹1000. First Ananya pays for needs: a lunch box (₹250) and a raincoat (₹150). How many rupees are left for wants?
  6. 6.For Ananya, is “school shoes” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  7. 7.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) school shoes (c) a video game (d) a fancy phone cover
  8. 8.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) extra comic books (c) a new party dress (d) vegetables
  9. 9.For Rahul, is “a new party dress” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  10. 10.For Sneha, is “sweets every day” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  11. 11.For Kabir, is “a school uniform” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  12. 12.For Farhan, is “bus fare to school” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  13. 13.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a video game (c) vegetables (d) extra comic books
  14. 14.For Gurpreet, is “a glitter pen set” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  15. 15.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) vegetables (c) a fancy phone cover (d) drinking water
  16. 16.Saanvi has ₹600. First Saanvi pays for needs: school shoes (₹110) and a geometry box (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?
  17. 17.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a new party dress (c) a third cricket bat (d) notebooks for school
  18. 18.For Pooja, is “a sticker album” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  19. 19.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) school shoes (c) a school uniform (d) sweets every day
  20. 20.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) rice and dal (c) sweets every day (d) a warm blanket
  21. 21.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) sweets every day (c) drinking water (d) a raincoat
  22. 22.Riya has ₹800. First Riya pays for needs: a raincoat (₹210) and school shoes (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
  23. 23.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) notebooks for school (c) sweets every day (d) a sticker album
  24. 24.For Gurpreet, is “a bigger TV” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  25. 25.For Zoya, is “extra comic books” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  26. 26.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a bigger TV (b) a schoolbag (c) vegetables (d) a raincoat
  27. 27.Rohan has ₹300. First Rohan pays for needs: socks (₹70) and notebooks (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
  28. 28.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) a remote-control car (c) medicine when ill (d) bus fare to school
  29. 29.Ananya has ₹300. First Ananya pays for needs: a geometry box (₹60) and a water bottle (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
  30. 30.For Rohan, is “medicine when ill” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  31. 31.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) sweets every day (c) extra comic books (d) school shoes
  32. 32.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a bigger TV (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a school uniform
  33. 33.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) a toy robot (c) a warm blanket (d) vegetables
  34. 34.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) medicine when ill (c) rice and dal (d) a fancy phone cover
  35. 35.For Farhan, is “rice and dal” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  36. 36.Rahul has ₹1000. First Rahul pays for needs: a water bottle (₹250) and a lunch box (₹250). How many rupees are left for wants?
  37. 37.Arjun has ₹400. First Arjun pays for needs: notebooks (₹90) and school shoes (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
  38. 38.For Farhan, is “school shoes” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  39. 39.For Karan, is “bus fare to school” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  40. 40.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a remote-control car (c) school shoes (d) a glitter pen set

Answer key

  1. school shoes
  2. Want
  3. Need
  4. a new party dress
  5. 600
  6. Need
  7. school shoes
  8. vegetables
  9. Want
  10. Want
  11. Need
  12. Need
  13. vegetables
  14. Want
  15. a fancy phone cover
  16. 370
  17. notebooks for school
  18. Want
  19. sweets every day
  20. sweets every day
  21. sweets every day
  22. 530
  23. notebooks for school
  24. Want
  25. Want
  26. a bigger TV
  27. 170
  28. a remote-control car
  29. 180
  30. Need
  31. school shoes
  32. a school uniform
  33. a toy robot
  34. a fancy phone cover
  35. Need
  36. 500
  37. 220
  38. Need
  39. Need
  40. school shoes

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