Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 472 · 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.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) medicine when ill (c) a new party dress (d) extra comic books
2. 2.Rohan has ₹750. First Rohan pays for needs: a water bottle (₹180) and socks (₹190). How many rupees are left for wants?
3. 3.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) a new party dress (c) rice and dal (d) notebooks for school
4. 4.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) vegetables (c) a warm blanket (d) a toy robot
5. 5.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a bigger TV (c) a toy robot (d) bus fare to school
6. 6.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) a third cricket bat (c) bus fare to school (d) medicine when ill
7. 7.Rohan has ₹850. First Rohan pays for needs: school shoes (₹260) and a water bottle (₹240). How many rupees are left for wants?
8. 8.Karan has ₹1000. First Karan pays for needs: socks (₹80) and school shoes (₹310). How many rupees are left for wants?
9. 9.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) sweets every day (b) milk (c) a raincoat (d) a school uniform
10. 10.Kabir has ₹300. First Kabir pays for needs: a lunch box (₹70) and school shoes (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
11. 11.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a schoolbag (b) a video game (c) a bigger TV (d) designer sunglasses
12. 12.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) designer sunglasses (c) sweets every day (d) medicine when ill
13. 13.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) drinking water (c) a schoolbag (d) designer sunglasses
14. 14.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) designer sunglasses (c) a bigger TV (d) a warm blanket
15. 15.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) a raincoat (c) soap (d) a fancy phone cover
16. 16.Karan has ₹450. First Karan pays for needs: a geometry box (₹100) and a raincoat (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
17. 17.Nisha has ₹600. First Nisha pays for needs: socks (₹90) and a school uniform (₹200). How many rupees are left for wants?
18. 18.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) extra comic books (b) a raincoat (c) a warm blanket (d) toothpaste
19. 19.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) a new party dress (c) drinking water (d) school shoes
20. 20.Diya has ₹300. First Diya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹50) and a geometry box (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
21. 21.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a third cricket bat (c) a glitter pen set (d) notebooks for school
22. 22.Arjun has ₹900. First Arjun pays for needs: school shoes (₹180) and notebooks (₹130). How many rupees are left for wants?
23. 23.For Farhan, is “toothpaste” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
24. 24.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) drinking water (c) toothpaste (d) a glitter pen set
25. 25.Karan has ₹800. First Karan pays for needs: a raincoat (₹80) and school shoes (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
26. 26.For Farhan, is “a warm blanket” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
27. 27.For Gurpreet, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
28. 28.For Tara, is “a video game” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
29. 29.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) notebooks for school (b) a third cricket bat (c) a bigger TV (d) sweets every day
30. 30.For Tara, is “school shoes” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
31. 31.Ananya has ₹350. First Ananya pays for needs: school shoes (₹100) and a geometry box (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
32. 32.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a video game (b) a school uniform (c) drinking water (d) medicine when ill
33. 33.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) designer sunglasses (b) drinking water (c) bus fare to school (d) rice and dal
34. 34.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) toothpaste (c) a bigger TV (d) a warm blanket
35. 35.Rohan has ₹950. First Rohan pays for needs: a lunch box (₹140) and school shoes (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
36. 36.Tara has ₹750. First Tara pays for needs: school shoes (₹140) and notebooks (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
37. 37.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) a warm blanket (c) a raincoat (d) a remote-control car
38. 38.Meera has ₹750. First Meera pays for needs: school shoes (₹80) and notebooks (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
39. 39.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) medicine when ill (c) a remote-control car (d) a new party dress
40. 40.Ishaan has ₹700. First Ishaan pays for needs: school shoes (₹170) and a raincoat (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?

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