Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 464 · 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.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) sweets every day (c) a schoolbag (d) school shoes
2. 2.Dev has ₹350. First Dev pays for needs: a lunch box (₹100) and a school uniform (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
3. 3.Farhan has ₹700. First Farhan pays for needs: a water bottle (₹70) and a lunch box (₹160). How many rupees are left for wants?
4. 4.For Zoya, is “school shoes” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
5. 5.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) school shoes (c) a third cricket bat (d) medicine when ill
6. 6.Zoya has ₹600. First Zoya pays for needs: school shoes (₹170) and a school uniform (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
7. 7.Meera has ₹350. First Meera pays for needs: a water bottle (₹60) and school shoes (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
8. 8.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a warm blanket (b) a bigger TV (c) extra comic books (d) a sticker album
9. 9.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a sticker album (c) a glitter pen set (d) milk
10. 10.Joseph has ₹950. First Joseph pays for needs: a lunch box (₹160) and socks (₹310). How many rupees are left for wants?
11. 11.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) rice and dal (b) designer sunglasses (c) sweets every day (d) a glitter pen set
12. 12.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) a sticker album (c) a third cricket bat (d) notebooks for school
13. 13.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a school uniform (b) a fancy phone cover (c) designer sunglasses (d) a glitter pen set
14. 14.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a remote-control car (b) medicine when ill (c) notebooks for school (d) drinking water
15. 15.Vivaan has ₹300. First Vivaan pays for needs: a raincoat (₹80) and a school uniform (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
16. 16.For Rahul, is “rice and dal” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
17. 17.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) rice and dal (c) notebooks for school (d) extra comic books
18. 18.Lakshmi has ₹500. First Lakshmi pays for needs: a school uniform (₹70) and a geometry box (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
19. 19.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) designer sunglasses (c) a school uniform (d) notebooks for school
20. 20.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) a raincoat (c) vegetables (d) sweets every day
21. 21.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) a sticker album (c) vegetables (d) notebooks for school
22. 22.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a new party dress (c) a schoolbag (d) extra comic books
23. 23.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a new party dress (c) a video game (d) drinking water
24. 24.Isha has ₹450. First Isha pays for needs: notebooks (₹110) and a geometry box (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?
25. 25.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) a schoolbag (c) a fancy phone cover (d) sweets every day
26. 26.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a video game (c) toothpaste (d) sweets every day
27. 27.For Aarav, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
28. 28.Ananya has ₹750. First Ananya pays for needs: a geometry box (₹230) and a water bottle (₹240). How many rupees are left for wants?
29. 29.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) bus fare to school (c) extra comic books (d) a bigger TV
30. 30.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) vegetables (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a third cricket bat (d) a toy robot
31. 31.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) soap (c) a school uniform (d) rice and dal
32. 32.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) a warm blanket (c) bus fare to school (d) a fancy phone cover
33. 33.Gurpreet has ₹400. First Gurpreet pays for needs: a geometry box (₹130) and school shoes (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
34. 34.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a new party dress (b) drinking water (c) rice and dal (d) medicine when ill
35. 35.Kavya has ₹550. First Kavya pays for needs: socks (₹140) and a school uniform (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?
36. 36.For Manav, is “vegetables” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
37. 37.Vivaan has ₹800. First Vivaan pays for needs: a lunch box (₹180) and a school uniform (₹200). How many rupees are left for wants?
38. 38.Sneha has ₹400. First Sneha pays for needs: a lunch box (₹100) and a raincoat (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?
39. 39.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) extra comic books (c) soap (d) a raincoat
40. 40.For Gurpreet, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need

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