Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 45 · 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.Arjun has ₹450. First Arjun pays for needs: a water bottle (₹70) and a school uniform (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
2. 2.For Vivaan, is “a remote-control car” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
3. 3.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) a toy robot (c) bus fare to school (d) school shoes
4. 4.For Joseph, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
5. 5.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) a third cricket bat (c) bus fare to school (d) a video game
6. 6.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a sticker album (b) a warm blanket (c) soap (d) medicine when ill
7. 7.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) bus fare to school (c) a glitter pen set (d) a sticker album
8. 8.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) milk (c) drinking water (d) a toy robot
9. 9.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a remote-control car (c) drinking water (d) a bigger TV
10. 10.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) vegetables (c) designer sunglasses (d) a raincoat
11. 11.Manav has ₹800. First Manav pays for needs: a school uniform (₹50) and a geometry box (₹130). How many rupees are left for wants?
12. 12.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) a schoolbag (c) notebooks for school (d) a glitter pen set
13. 13.Zoya has ₹1000. First Zoya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹80) and notebooks (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
14. 14.Rahul has ₹550. First Rahul pays for needs: school shoes (₹80) and a water bottle (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
15. 15.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) a school uniform (c) sweets every day (d) a warm blanket
16. 16.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) medicine when ill (c) a toy robot (d) rice and dal
17. 17.For Pooja, is “vegetables” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
18. 18.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) a new party dress (c) drinking water (d) notebooks for school
19. 19.Tara has ₹500. First Tara pays for needs: a lunch box (₹50) and a geometry box (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
20. 20.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) vegetables (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a video game
21. 21.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) sweets every day (c) a fancy phone cover (d) soap
22. 22.Riya has ₹1000. First Riya pays for needs: a water bottle (₹60) and a geometry box (₹170). How many rupees are left for wants?
23. 23.Gurpreet has ₹700. First Gurpreet pays for needs: a lunch box (₹110) and a school uniform (₹130). How many rupees are left for wants?
24. 24.Lakshmi has ₹450. First Lakshmi pays for needs: a raincoat (₹140) and school shoes (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
25. 25.For Sneha, is “medicine when ill” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
26. 26.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a sticker album (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a school uniform
27. 27.Isha has ₹800. First Isha pays for needs: school shoes (₹210) and a lunch box (₹250). How many rupees are left for wants?
28. 28.Vivaan has ₹400. First Vivaan pays for needs: a geometry box (₹130) and a raincoat (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
29. 29.Riya has ₹950. First Riya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹120) and notebooks (₹180). How many rupees are left for wants?
30. 30.Joseph has ₹750. First Joseph pays for needs: a geometry box (₹70) and a raincoat (₹230). How many rupees are left for wants?
31. 31.Saanvi has ₹800. First Saanvi pays for needs: a raincoat (₹140) and school shoes (₹190). How many rupees are left for wants?
32. 32.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) sweets every day (b) vegetables (c) a school uniform (d) milk
33. 33.Gurpreet has ₹450. First Gurpreet pays for needs: a school uniform (₹90) and a lunch box (₹130). How many rupees are left for wants?
34. 34.For Zoya, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
35. 35.Sneha has ₹350. First Sneha pays for needs: notebooks (₹50) and a water bottle (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
36. 36.Tara has ₹1000. First Tara pays for needs: school shoes (₹320) and a lunch box (₹180). How many rupees are left for wants?
37. 37.Ishaan has ₹850. First Ishaan pays for needs: school shoes (₹60) and a school uniform (₹240). How many rupees are left for wants?
38. 38.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) extra comic books (c) soap (d) toothpaste
39. 39.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) designer sunglasses (c) drinking water (d) a fancy phone cover
40. 40.For Aarav, is “soap” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need

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