Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 450 · 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.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) drinking water (c) a school uniform (d) sweets every day
2. 2.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a school uniform (c) a video game (d) a new party dress
3. 3.Saanvi has ₹450. First Saanvi pays for needs: a water bottle (₹100) and notebooks (₹150). How many rupees are left for wants?
4. 4.For Ananya, is “a remote-control car” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
5. 5.For Aditya, is “a new party dress” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
6. 6.Priya has ₹750. First Priya pays for needs: a water bottle (₹130) and a school uniform (₹180). How many rupees are left for wants?
7. 7.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) extra comic books (c) a raincoat (d) a third cricket bat
8. 8.For Meera, is “a remote-control car” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
9. 9.Ananya has ₹600. First Ananya pays for needs: school shoes (₹100) and a raincoat (₹190). How many rupees are left for wants?
10. 10.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a school uniform (b) a toy robot (c) sweets every day (d) a fancy phone cover
11. 11.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) soap (c) a video game (d) a fancy phone cover
12. 12.For Manav, is “a school uniform” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
13. 13.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) milk (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a video game
14. 14.For Vivaan, is “a sticker album” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
15. 15.For Arjun, is “a raincoat” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
16. 16.For Arjun, is “designer sunglasses” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
17. 17.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a bigger TV (c) rice and dal (d) a fancy phone cover
18. 18.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) notebooks for school (c) a sticker album (d) a new party dress
19. 19.For Ananya, is “a fancy phone cover” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
20. 20.For Lakshmi, is “a bigger TV” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
21. 21.For Nisha, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
22. 22.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) a new party dress (c) a school uniform (d) sweets every day
23. 23.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) school shoes (b) a remote-control car (c) a fancy phone cover (d) extra comic books
24. 24.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a warm blanket (b) a bigger TV (c) a sticker album (d) a video game
25. 25.Aarav has ₹450. First Aarav pays for needs: a school uniform (₹50) and a lunch box (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
26. 26.For Pooja, is “toothpaste” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
27. 27.Vivaan has ₹600. First Vivaan pays for needs: a raincoat (₹120) and a geometry box (₹130). How many rupees are left for wants?
28. 28.For Gurpreet, is “soap” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
29. 29.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) a school uniform (c) milk (d) a video game
30. 30.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) toothpaste (c) soap (d) extra comic books
31. 31.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a new party dress (d) a school uniform
32. 32.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) notebooks for school (c) drinking water (d) a bigger TV
33. 33.For Ananya, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
34. 34.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a sticker album (c) medicine when ill (d) a fancy phone cover
35. 35.Dev has ₹950. First Dev pays for needs: notebooks (₹240) and a water bottle (₹130). How many rupees are left for wants?
36. 36.For Lakshmi, is “rice and dal” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
37. 37.For Joseph, is “extra comic books” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
38. 38.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) vegetables (c) a glitter pen set (d) toothpaste
39. 39.For Sneha, is “a toy robot” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
40. 40.For Pooja, is “milk” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need

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