Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 447 · 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 Gurpreet, is “bus fare to school” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
2. 2.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) extra comic books (c) a raincoat (d) rice and dal
3. 3.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) designer sunglasses (c) medicine when ill (d) school shoes
4. 4.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a toy robot (c) a school uniform (d) a video game
5. 5.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a third cricket bat (d) milk
6. 6.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) sweets every day (b) a school uniform (c) bus fare to school (d) milk
7. 7.For Kabir, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
8. 8.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a toy robot (c) toothpaste (d) extra comic books
9. 9.Manav has ₹800. First Manav pays for needs: a raincoat (₹50) and a lunch box (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
10. 10.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) drinking water (c) toothpaste (d) a glitter pen set
11. 11.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) rice and dal (c) toothpaste (d) a sticker album
12. 12.For Meera, is “a sticker album” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
13. 13.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) bus fare to school (c) a glitter pen set (d) extra comic books
14. 14.Ananya has ₹800. First Ananya pays for needs: school shoes (₹100) and a water bottle (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
15. 15.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a bigger TV (c) a third cricket bat (d) a warm blanket
16. 16.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) a warm blanket (c) a remote-control car (d) notebooks for school
17. 17.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) drinking water (b) a toy robot (c) a new party dress (d) a sticker album
18. 18.Ananya has ₹800. First Ananya pays for needs: a water bottle (₹80) and socks (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
19. 19.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) designer sunglasses (c) a warm blanket (d) a sticker album
20. 20.For Zoya, is “sweets every day” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
21. 21.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a fancy phone cover (c) toothpaste (d) a toy robot
22. 22.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) a third cricket bat (c) a school uniform (d) toothpaste
23. 23.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) medicine when ill (b) extra comic books (c) sweets every day (d) a remote-control car
24. 24.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) a toy robot (c) notebooks for school (d) medicine when ill
25. 25.Priya has ₹800. First Priya pays for needs: a raincoat (₹110) and notebooks (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
26. 26.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) a video game (c) medicine when ill (d) rice and dal
27. 27.Ishaan has ₹350. First Ishaan pays for needs: socks (₹100) and school shoes (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
28. 28.For Nisha, is “a glitter pen set” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
29. 29.Meera has ₹850. First Meera pays for needs: a water bottle (₹250) and school shoes (₹190). How many rupees are left for wants?
30. 30.For Aarav, is “extra comic books” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
31. 31.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) a bigger TV (c) notebooks for school (d) a raincoat
32. 32.For Karan, is “medicine when ill” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
33. 33.Sneha has ₹1000. First Sneha pays for needs: socks (₹270) and a school uniform (₹320). How many rupees are left for wants?
34. 34.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a toy robot (c) a video game (d) notebooks for school
35. 35.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a raincoat (b) a fancy phone cover (c) sweets every day (d) a bigger TV
36. 36.For Saanvi, is “a fancy phone cover” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
37. 37.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) extra comic books (c) a warm blanket (d) a third cricket bat
38. 38.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) a glitter pen set (c) a schoolbag (d) rice and dal
39. 39.For Aditya, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
40. 40.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) rice and dal (c) a glitter pen set (d) medicine when ill

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