Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 458 · 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.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a sticker album (b) a raincoat (c) milk (d) school shoes
2. 2.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) extra comic books (c) milk (d) a bigger TV
3. 3.For Aarav, is “bus fare to school” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
4. 4.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) a glitter pen set (c) a remote-control car (d) soap
5. 5.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) bus fare to school (c) a remote-control car (d) a school uniform
6. 6.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) a warm blanket (c) drinking water (d) a sticker album
7. 7.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) school shoes (c) a bigger TV (d) milk
8. 8.Manav has ₹600. First Manav pays for needs: a lunch box (₹100) and a school uniform (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
9. 9.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) medicine when ill (b) sweets every day (c) a new party dress (d) a bigger TV
10. 10.For Diya, is “a remote-control car” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
11. 11.Pooja has ₹950. First Pooja pays for needs: a raincoat (₹120) and notebooks (₹140). How many rupees are left for wants?
12. 12.For Saanvi, is “a remote-control car” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
13. 13.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) a warm blanket (c) toothpaste (d) sweets every day
14. 14.Ananya has ₹400. First Ananya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹120) and a raincoat (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
15. 15.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) notebooks for school (c) bus fare to school (d) a sticker album
16. 16.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) rice and dal (c) a glitter pen set (d) sweets every day
17. 17.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) sweets every day (c) bus fare to school (d) drinking water
18. 18.Diya has ₹700. First Diya pays for needs: school shoes (₹120) and a water bottle (₹150). How many rupees are left for wants?
19. 19.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) a warm blanket (c) sweets every day (d) rice and dal
20. 20.Farhan has ₹550. First Farhan pays for needs: a geometry box (₹170) and school shoes (₹180). How many rupees are left for wants?
21. 21.Diya has ₹1000. First Diya pays for needs: a raincoat (₹190) and notebooks (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
22. 22.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) rice and dal (c) a school uniform (d) a video game
23. 23.Riya has ₹800. First Riya pays for needs: a raincoat (₹130) and a geometry box (₹230). How many rupees are left for wants?
24. 24.Isha has ₹950. First Isha pays for needs: notebooks (₹190) and a geometry box (₹210). How many rupees are left for wants?
25. 25.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) vegetables (c) a sticker album (d) a toy robot
26. 26.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a third cricket bat (b) vegetables (c) drinking water (d) a school uniform
27. 27.For Ishaan, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
28. 28.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a video game (c) a toy robot (d) rice and dal
29. 29.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) bus fare to school (c) a bigger TV (d) school shoes
30. 30.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) milk (c) a remote-control car (d) a bigger TV
31. 31.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) sweets every day (c) drinking water (d) a warm blanket
32. 32.Farhan has ₹300. First Farhan pays for needs: a school uniform (₹90) and a lunch box (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
33. 33.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) a school uniform (c) vegetables (d) a bigger TV
34. 34.Priya has ₹900. First Priya pays for needs: notebooks (₹220) and school shoes (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
35. 35.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a new party dress (b) school shoes (c) a warm blanket (d) a schoolbag
36. 36.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) milk (c) a remote-control car (d) school shoes
37. 37.For Riya, is “a bigger TV” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
38. 38.For Dev, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
39. 39.For Ananya, is “designer sunglasses” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
40. 40.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) toothpaste (c) a video game (d) a new party dress

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