Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 451 · 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.Gurpreet has ₹350. First Gurpreet pays for needs: a raincoat (₹110) and notebooks (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
2. 2.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) notebooks for school (c) a video game (d) a raincoat
3. 3.Isha has ₹800. First Isha pays for needs: a lunch box (₹180) and socks (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
4. 4.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) a fancy phone cover (c) milk (d) a schoolbag
5. 5.Tara has ₹700. First Tara pays for needs: a school uniform (₹130) and a raincoat (₹140). How many rupees are left for wants?
6. 6.Pooja has ₹300. First Pooja pays for needs: school shoes (₹70) and a lunch box (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
7. 7.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) drinking water (c) medicine when ill (d) a glitter pen set
8. 8.For Aarav, is “extra comic books” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
9. 9.For Joseph, is “a raincoat” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
10. 10.Gurpreet has ₹950. First Gurpreet pays for needs: a school uniform (₹90) and a lunch box (₹210). How many rupees are left for wants?
11. 11.Rahul has ₹800. First Rahul pays for needs: a water bottle (₹100) and socks (₹240). How many rupees are left for wants?
12. 12.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) a third cricket bat (c) bus fare to school (d) a raincoat
13. 13.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) vegetables (c) a sticker album (d) a warm blanket
14. 14.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a sticker album (c) school shoes (d) a bigger TV
15. 15.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a video game (c) drinking water (d) a fancy phone cover
16. 16.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) a bigger TV (c) vegetables (d) rice and dal
17. 17.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) soap (b) a new party dress (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a remote-control car
18. 18.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) milk (c) a remote-control car (d) vegetables
19. 19.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) drinking water (c) a video game (d) vegetables
20. 20.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) medicine when ill (c) a new party dress (d) toothpaste
21. 21.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) bus fare to school (c) toothpaste (d) a remote-control car
22. 22.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a sticker album (b) rice and dal (c) milk (d) bus fare to school
23. 23.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) milk (c) a video game (d) a schoolbag
24. 24.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) a warm blanket (c) toothpaste (d) a fancy phone cover
25. 25.For Diya, is “a remote-control car” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
26. 26.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a third cricket bat (c) a schoolbag (d) designer sunglasses
27. 27.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) notebooks for school (c) a third cricket bat (d) a remote-control car
28. 28.Joseph has ₹850. First Joseph pays for needs: socks (₹80) and a water bottle (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
29. 29.Kavya has ₹1000. First Kavya pays for needs: a geometry box (₹270) and a water bottle (₹250). How many rupees are left for wants?
30. 30.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a bigger TV (c) a warm blanket (d) a video game
31. 31.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a warm blanket (b) a video game (c) a toy robot (d) a new party dress
32. 32.For Rohan, is “a bigger TV” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
33. 33.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) a warm blanket (c) school shoes (d) a remote-control car
34. 34.For Kabir, is “a schoolbag” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
35. 35.Aarav has ₹650. First Aarav pays for needs: notebooks (₹90) and a water bottle (₹160). How many rupees are left for wants?
36. 36.For Karan, is “rice and dal” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
37. 37.Kabir has ₹650. First Kabir pays for needs: a school uniform (₹50) and school shoes (₹160). How many rupees are left for wants?
38. 38.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) a fancy phone cover (c) toothpaste (d) a raincoat
39. 39.For Ishaan, is “milk” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
40. 40.For Tara, is “a sticker album” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want

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