Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 484 · 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.Ananya has ₹500. First Ananya pays for needs: notebooks (₹110) and a geometry box (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
2. 2.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) a fancy phone cover (c) rice and dal (d) drinking water
3. 3.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) extra comic books (c) milk (d) rice and dal
4. 4.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a video game (c) a remote-control car (d) rice and dal
5. 5.Riya has ₹650. First Riya pays for needs: a water bottle (₹50) and school shoes (₹180). How many rupees are left for wants?
6. 6.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) sweets every day (c) a schoolbag (d) bus fare to school
7. 7.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) school shoes (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a toy robot
8. 8.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a glitter pen set (c) drinking water (d) a toy robot
9. 9.For Isha, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
10. 10.For Kabir, is “extra comic books” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
11. 11.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) vegetables (c) designer sunglasses (d) drinking water
12. 12.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) soap (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a sticker album (d) a bigger TV
13. 13.For Karan, is “a glitter pen set” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
14. 14.Farhan has ₹300. First Farhan pays for needs: a geometry box (₹50) and a water bottle (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
15. 15.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) notebooks for school (c) soap (d) a bigger TV
16. 16.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a schoolbag (b) designer sunglasses (c) a sticker album (d) a bigger TV
17. 17.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) a fancy phone cover (c) notebooks for school (d) a schoolbag
18. 18.Manav has ₹600. First Manav pays for needs: socks (₹50) and school shoes (₹170). How many rupees are left for wants?
19. 19.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) notebooks for school (c) school shoes (d) sweets every day
20. 20.Vivaan has ₹700. First Vivaan pays for needs: school shoes (₹210) and socks (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
21. 21.Zoya has ₹850. First Zoya pays for needs: a raincoat (₹150) and socks (₹170). How many rupees are left for wants?
22. 22.Sneha has ₹600. First Sneha pays for needs: a water bottle (₹180) and school shoes (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
23. 23.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) a warm blanket (c) sweets every day (d) a school uniform
24. 24.Manav has ₹950. First Manav pays for needs: a water bottle (₹120) and socks (₹260). How many rupees are left for wants?
25. 25.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) a warm blanket (c) sweets every day (d) notebooks for school
26. 26.Tara has ₹450. First Tara pays for needs: a school uniform (₹80) and socks (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
27. 27.Meera has ₹650. First Meera pays for needs: school shoes (₹80) and a raincoat (₹200). How many rupees are left for wants?
28. 28.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) bus fare to school (b) a toy robot (c) extra comic books (d) a third cricket bat
29. 29.Aarav has ₹650. First Aarav pays for needs: socks (₹210) and school shoes (₹210). How many rupees are left for wants?
30. 30.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) drinking water (c) vegetables (d) a sticker album
31. 31.Riya has ₹650. First Riya pays for needs: school shoes (₹70) and a water bottle (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
32. 32.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) vegetables (c) medicine when ill (d) a fancy phone cover
33. 33.Manav has ₹950. First Manav pays for needs: a water bottle (₹70) and school shoes (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
34. 34.Dev has ₹450. First Dev pays for needs: a geometry box (₹120) and a lunch box (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
35. 35.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) a new party dress (c) drinking water (d) notebooks for school
36. 36.Aditya has ₹500. First Aditya pays for needs: school shoes (₹110) and a school uniform (₹130). How many rupees are left for wants?
37. 37.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a toy robot (c) a warm blanket (d) extra comic books
38. 38.Manav has ₹700. First Manav pays for needs: a lunch box (₹50) and school shoes (₹180). How many rupees are left for wants?
39. 39.Priya has ₹750. First Priya pays for needs: school shoes (₹110) and socks (₹130). How many rupees are left for wants?
40. 40.Nisha has ₹750. First Nisha pays for needs: school shoes (₹70) and a geometry box (₹220). How many rupees are left for wants?

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