Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 448 · 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.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) soap (b) extra comic books (c) sweets every day (d) a bigger TV
2. 2.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a raincoat (c) a video game (d) designer sunglasses
3. 3.For Aditya, is “sweets every day” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
4. 4.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a third cricket bat (c) milk (d) a sticker album
5. 5.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a bigger TV (c) milk (d) a toy robot
6. 6.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) rice and dal (c) sweets every day (d) a remote-control car
7. 7.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a new party dress (b) a schoolbag (c) milk (d) a school uniform
8. 8.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a third cricket bat (b) rice and dal (c) medicine when ill (d) school shoes
9. 9.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) drinking water (b) sweets every day (c) a third cricket bat (d) a bigger TV
10. 10.For Farhan, is “bus fare to school” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
11. 11.Priya has ₹600. First Priya pays for needs: socks (₹180) and a water bottle (₹190). How many rupees are left for wants?
12. 12.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) soap (c) toothpaste (d) a new party dress
13. 13.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) vegetables (b) a third cricket bat (c) a glitter pen set (d) a new party dress
14. 14.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) soap (c) milk (d) sweets every day
15. 15.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) a new party dress (c) drinking water (d) a school uniform
16. 16.Aditya has ₹600. First Aditya pays for needs: notebooks (₹190) and school shoes (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
17. 17.Kavya has ₹400. First Kavya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹60) and socks (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
18. 18.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) a glitter pen set (c) milk (d) medicine when ill
19. 19.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) medicine when ill (c) a third cricket bat (d) milk
20. 20.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) school shoes (b) designer sunglasses (c) a glitter pen set (d) sweets every day
21. 21.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a bigger TV (c) drinking water (d) a toy robot
22. 22.For Manav, is “a school uniform” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
23. 23.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a remote-control car (b) notebooks for school (c) medicine when ill (d) a raincoat
24. 24.Priya has ₹850. First Priya pays for needs: a geometry box (₹120) and a school uniform (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
25. 25.Karan has ₹700. First Karan pays for needs: school shoes (₹90) and a school uniform (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
26. 26.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a new party dress (c) sweets every day (d) notebooks for school
27. 27.Aarav has ₹500. First Aarav pays for needs: a lunch box (₹120) and school shoes (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?
28. 28.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) soap (c) designer sunglasses (d) school shoes
29. 29.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) sweets every day (c) a school uniform (d) rice and dal
30. 30.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) drinking water (c) notebooks for school (d) a bigger TV
31. 31.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a bigger TV (c) toothpaste (d) a video game
32. 32.Gurpreet has ₹900. First Gurpreet pays for needs: a geometry box (₹80) and a lunch box (₹290). How many rupees are left for wants?
33. 33.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) a glitter pen set (c) school shoes (d) a third cricket bat
34. 34.Isha has ₹400. First Isha pays for needs: notebooks (₹50) and a lunch box (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
35. 35.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) soap (c) school shoes (d) a video game
36. 36.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a schoolbag (b) a glitter pen set (c) a sticker album (d) a bigger TV
37. 37.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) vegetables (c) a glitter pen set (d) a remote-control car
38. 38.For Priya, is “a toy robot” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
39. 39.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) a school uniform (c) bus fare to school (d) a remote-control car
40. 40.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) bus fare to school (b) a third cricket bat (c) a remote-control car (d) designer sunglasses

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