Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 427 · 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.For Kabir, is “extra comic books” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
2. 2.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) soap (c) bus fare to school (d) a video game
3. 3.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) bus fare to school (c) a third cricket bat (d) extra comic books
4. 4.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) a remote-control car (c) drinking water (d) sweets every day
5. 5.For Gurpreet, is “milk” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
6. 6.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) a schoolbag (c) a raincoat (d) a sticker album
7. 7.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) medicine when ill (b) a third cricket bat (c) sweets every day (d) a toy robot
8. 8.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) toothpaste (c) sweets every day (d) a bigger TV
9. 9.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) extra comic books (c) a raincoat (d) designer sunglasses
10. 10.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) school shoes (c) medicine when ill (d) a remote-control car
11. 11.Ishaan has ₹450. First Ishaan pays for needs: a raincoat (₹110) and school shoes (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
12. 12.Joseph has ₹500. First Joseph pays for needs: a water bottle (₹60) and a lunch box (₹160). How many rupees are left for wants?
13. 13.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a glitter pen set (c) a school uniform (d) a video game
14. 14.For Ananya, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
15. 15.Manav has ₹900. First Manav pays for needs: a geometry box (₹170) and a water bottle (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
16. 16.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a third cricket bat (c) drinking water (d) a fancy phone cover
17. 17.For Rahul, is “a bigger TV” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
18. 18.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) notebooks for school (b) a remote-control car (c) a fancy phone cover (d) sweets every day
19. 19.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a fancy phone cover (c) extra comic books (d) a raincoat
20. 20.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) drinking water (c) a glitter pen set (d) sweets every day
21. 21.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a video game (c) toothpaste (d) a remote-control car
22. 22.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) soap (c) a video game (d) rice and dal
23. 23.Diya has ₹800. First Diya pays for needs: a lunch box (₹110) and notebooks (₹260). How many rupees are left for wants?
24. 24.Karan has ₹350. First Karan pays for needs: a school uniform (₹110) and a raincoat (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
25. 25.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) rice and dal (b) a new party dress (c) a bigger TV (d) a glitter pen set
26. 26.For Saanvi, is “rice and dal” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
27. 27.For Gurpreet, is “medicine when ill” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
28. 28.For Ishaan, is “a fancy phone cover” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
29. 29.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a glitter pen set (c) a schoolbag (d) a toy robot
30. 30.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a new party dress (c) a glitter pen set (d) medicine when ill
31. 31.Nisha has ₹650. First Nisha pays for needs: a raincoat (₹170) and school shoes (₹180). How many rupees are left for wants?
32. 32.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a toy robot (c) sweets every day (d) medicine when ill
33. 33.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) toothpaste (c) a bigger TV (d) a third cricket bat
34. 34.For Arjun, is “vegetables” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
35. 35.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) a sticker album (c) rice and dal (d) school shoes
36. 36.Manav has ₹800. First Manav pays for needs: notebooks (₹240) and a school uniform (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
37. 37.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) a warm blanket (c) toothpaste (d) a new party dress
38. 38.For Riya, is “extra comic books” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
39. 39.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) milk (b) a toy robot (c) a remote-control car (d) a sticker album
40. 40.For Joseph, is “a video game” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want

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