Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 453 · 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.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) extra comic books (c) soap (d) vegetables
2. 2.For Saanvi, is “soap” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
3. 3.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) drinking water (c) soap (d) vegetables
4. 4.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) sweets every day (c) notebooks for school (d) rice and dal
5. 5.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) a fancy phone cover (c) school shoes (d) a school uniform
6. 6.Tara has ₹300. First Tara pays for needs: socks (₹50) and a lunch box (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
7. 7.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) a warm blanket (c) a new party dress (d) vegetables
8. 8.For Priya, is “milk” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
9. 9.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) a warm blanket (c) bus fare to school (d) extra comic books
10. 10.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) a third cricket bat (c) school shoes (d) a remote-control car
11. 11.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a schoolbag (c) a fancy phone cover (d) designer sunglasses
12. 12.For Manav, is “rice and dal” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
13. 13.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a bigger TV (c) toothpaste (d) a sticker album
14. 14.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a video game (b) school shoes (c) drinking water (d) notebooks for school
15. 15.Karan has ₹550. First Karan pays for needs: a lunch box (₹110) and notebooks (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
16. 16.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a new party dress (b) notebooks for school (c) bus fare to school (d) vegetables
17. 17.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a third cricket bat (b) drinking water (c) toothpaste (d) rice and dal
18. 18.For Rahul, is “vegetables” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
19. 19.Zoya has ₹350. First Zoya pays for needs: notebooks (₹110) and a school uniform (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
20. 20.Aarav has ₹700. First Aarav pays for needs: a geometry box (₹130) and notebooks (₹190). How many rupees are left for wants?
21. 21.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) designer sunglasses (c) a school uniform (d) a bigger TV
22. 22.Vivaan has ₹550. First Vivaan pays for needs: notebooks (₹70) and a water bottle (₹150). How many rupees are left for wants?
23. 23.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a video game (b) a warm blanket (c) drinking water (d) medicine when ill
24. 24.For Ishaan, is “soap” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
25. 25.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a bigger TV (b) toothpaste (c) school shoes (d) milk
26. 26.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) bus fare to school (b) designer sunglasses (c) sweets every day (d) a bigger TV
27. 27.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a toy robot (c) a school uniform (d) extra comic books
28. 28.Nisha has ₹850. First Nisha pays for needs: a school uniform (₹180) and a lunch box (₹180). How many rupees are left for wants?
29. 29.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a remote-control car (d) rice and dal
30. 30.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) a video game (c) soap (d) drinking water
31. 31.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) a fancy phone cover (c) medicine when ill (d) a schoolbag
32. 32.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a fancy phone cover (c) bus fare to school (d) a third cricket bat
33. 33.For Arjun, is “a remote-control car” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
34. 34.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) sweets every day (c) a video game (d) medicine when ill
35. 35.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) toothpaste (c) extra comic books (d) a warm blanket
36. 36.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) vegetables (c) a glitter pen set (d) a third cricket bat
37. 37.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) school shoes (c) a third cricket bat (d) rice and dal
38. 38.For Arjun, is “a toy robot” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
39. 39.For Manav, is “designer sunglasses” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
40. 40.Manav has ₹450. First Manav pays for needs: notebooks (₹150) and a school uniform (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?

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