Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 482 · 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.Aditya has ₹550. First Aditya pays for needs: school shoes (₹140) and notebooks (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
2. 2.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) milk (b) a sticker album (c) a new party dress (d) a fancy phone cover
3. 3.Aditya has ₹1000. First Aditya pays for needs: a raincoat (₹200) and a lunch box (₹220). How many rupees are left for wants?
4. 4.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) a raincoat (c) vegetables (d) a sticker album
5. 5.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) milk (b) a third cricket bat (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a bigger TV
6. 6.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) toothpaste (c) rice and dal (d) a toy robot
7. 7.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) extra comic books (c) school shoes (d) a glitter pen set
8. 8.Rahul has ₹1000. First Rahul pays for needs: a school uniform (₹150) and a geometry box (₹140). How many rupees are left for wants?
9. 9.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a video game (c) vegetables (d) sweets every day
10. 10.For Meera, is “a remote-control car” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
11. 11.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) a warm blanket (c) a bigger TV (d) a new party dress
12. 12.For Ananya, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
13. 13.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) rice and dal (c) medicine when ill (d) extra comic books
14. 14.Joseph has ₹350. First Joseph pays for needs: a school uniform (₹70) and socks (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
15. 15.Gurpreet has ₹450. First Gurpreet pays for needs: notebooks (₹140) and a geometry box (₹140). How many rupees are left for wants?
16. 16.Lakshmi has ₹600. First Lakshmi pays for needs: socks (₹190) and a school uniform (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
17. 17.Dev has ₹600. First Dev pays for needs: school shoes (₹170) and a water bottle (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
18. 18.Rahul has ₹300. First Rahul pays for needs: a school uniform (₹80) and socks (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
19. 19.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) a raincoat (c) rice and dal (d) extra comic books
20. 20.For Ananya, is “a sticker album” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
21. 21.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a warm blanket (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a toy robot
22. 22.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) milk (c) sweets every day (d) a sticker album
23. 23.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) soap (b) a fancy phone cover (c) designer sunglasses (d) sweets every day
24. 24.For Dev, is “a new party dress” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
25. 25.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) sweets every day (c) bus fare to school (d) a new party dress
26. 26.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) milk (c) a third cricket bat (d) toothpaste
27. 27.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) sweets every day (c) a new party dress (d) soap
28. 28.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) a warm blanket (c) soap (d) a remote-control car
29. 29.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) a remote-control car (c) toothpaste (d) a sticker album
30. 30.For Dev, is “extra comic books” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
31. 31.For Tara, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
32. 32.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) sweets every day (b) notebooks for school (c) toothpaste (d) soap
33. 33.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) bus fare to school (c) a toy robot (d) vegetables
34. 34.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) designer sunglasses (c) a warm blanket (d) a new party dress
35. 35.Rohan has ₹950. First Rohan pays for needs: a water bottle (₹210) and school shoes (₹140). How many rupees are left for wants?
36. 36.Meera has ₹600. First Meera pays for needs: a school uniform (₹60) and a raincoat (₹140). How many rupees are left for wants?
37. 37.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) extra comic books (c) toothpaste (d) rice and dal
38. 38.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) a video game (c) a new party dress (d) a raincoat
39. 39.Diya has ₹800. First Diya pays for needs: a raincoat (₹100) and a school uniform (₹260). How many rupees are left for wants?
40. 40.Aarav has ₹600. First Aarav pays for needs: socks (₹170) and a geometry box (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?

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