Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 46 · 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 is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a glitter pen set (c) a new party dress (d) milk
2. 2.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a video game (c) bus fare to school (d) a fancy phone cover
3. 3.Dev has ₹950. First Dev pays for needs: a water bottle (₹230) and a lunch box (₹280). How many rupees are left for wants?
4. 4.Ishaan has ₹550. First Ishaan pays for needs: a geometry box (₹150) and notebooks (₹140). How many rupees are left for wants?
5. 5.For Lakshmi, is “school shoes” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
6. 6.Arjun has ₹550. First Arjun pays for needs: a school uniform (₹100) and a raincoat (₹160). How many rupees are left for wants?
7. 7.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a school uniform (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a bigger TV (d) a new party dress
8. 8.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) sweets every day (c) a video game (d) a school uniform
9. 9.For Zoya, is “a toy robot” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
10. 10.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a raincoat (c) a new party dress (d) a fancy phone cover
11. 11.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a video game (d) a raincoat
12. 12.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a toy robot (c) designer sunglasses (d) rice and dal
13. 13.Saanvi has ₹550. First Saanvi pays for needs: school shoes (₹50) and socks (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
14. 14.For Pooja, is “school shoes” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
15. 15.Vivaan has ₹550. First Vivaan pays for needs: a raincoat (₹50) and a water bottle (₹140). How many rupees are left for wants?
16. 16.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) sweets every day (c) a school uniform (d) a video game
17. 17.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) toothpaste (c) notebooks for school (d) a video game
18. 18.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) medicine when ill (c) a video game (d) rice and dal
19. 19.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a warm blanket (b) sweets every day (c) a toy robot (d) a sticker album
20. 20.For Gurpreet, is “medicine when ill” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
21. 21.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) toothpaste (c) vegetables (d) a video game
22. 22.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a glitter pen set (d) a raincoat
23. 23.Vivaan has ₹950. First Vivaan pays for needs: a school uniform (₹80) and a geometry box (₹190). How many rupees are left for wants?
24. 24.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) school shoes (c) sweets every day (d) a raincoat
25. 25.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) a third cricket bat (c) drinking water (d) toothpaste
26. 26.Lakshmi has ₹850. First Lakshmi pays for needs: a lunch box (₹220) and a geometry box (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
27. 27.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a glitter pen set (c) sweets every day (d) toothpaste
28. 28.For Nisha, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
29. 29.Meera has ₹550. First Meera pays for needs: school shoes (₹120) and a geometry box (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
30. 30.Tara has ₹350. First Tara pays for needs: notebooks (₹90) and a geometry box (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
31. 31.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) a schoolbag (c) sweets every day (d) a warm blanket
32. 32.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a third cricket bat (c) milk (d) a bigger TV
33. 33.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) vegetables (c) medicine when ill (d) a third cricket bat
34. 34.Arjun has ₹400. First Arjun pays for needs: a lunch box (₹60) and a geometry box (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
35. 35.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a fancy phone cover (c) soap (d) a new party dress
36. 36.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) medicine when ill (c) extra comic books (d) drinking water
37. 37.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a toy robot (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a raincoat
38. 38.Nisha has ₹950. First Nisha pays for needs: a water bottle (₹50) and a geometry box (₹220). How many rupees are left for wants?
39. 39.For Kavya, is “medicine when ill” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
40. 40.Pooja has ₹500. First Pooja pays for needs: a water bottle (₹90) and socks (₹150). How many rupees are left for wants?

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