Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 486 · 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.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) sweets every day (b) notebooks for school (c) rice and dal (d) toothpaste
2. 2.Meera has ₹400. First Meera pays for needs: school shoes (₹90) and a lunch box (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
3. 3.For Vivaan, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
4. 4.For Aarav, is “toothpaste” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
5. 5.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a raincoat (c) a schoolbag (d) a warm blanket
6. 6.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) vegetables (b) a toy robot (c) a glitter pen set (d) a new party dress
7. 7.Ananya 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) a raincoat
8. 8.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) sweets every day (c) school shoes (d) a third cricket bat
9. 9.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) a new party dress (c) toothpaste (d) notebooks for school
10. 10.For Rahul, is “school shoes” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
11. 11.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) sweets every day (c) a raincoat (d) designer sunglasses
12. 12.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) drinking water (b) a new party dress (c) sweets every day (d) a toy robot
13. 13.For Arjun, is “a schoolbag” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
14. 14.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) vegetables (c) drinking water (d) a fancy phone cover
15. 15.Ishaan 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) sweets every day
16. 16.For Kavya, is “a glitter pen set” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
17. 17.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) rice and dal (b) extra comic books (c) a new party dress (d) a fancy phone cover
18. 18.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) soap (b) a glitter pen set (c) a sticker album (d) sweets every day
19. 19.For Ishaan, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
20. 20.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) a glitter pen set (c) a warm blanket (d) toothpaste
21. 21.For Zoya, is “extra comic books” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
22. 22.Ananya has ₹800. First Ananya pays for needs: socks (₹230) and notebooks (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
23. 23.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a remote-control car (c) bus fare to school (d) a sticker album
24. 24.Vivaan has ₹850. First Vivaan pays for needs: a water bottle (₹170) and school shoes (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
25. 25.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) a sticker album (c) vegetables (d) a school uniform
26. 26.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) notebooks for school (c) toothpaste (d) a new party dress
27. 27.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) soap (b) a new party dress (c) a bigger TV (d) designer sunglasses
28. 28.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) rice and dal (c) sweets every day (d) a new party dress
29. 29.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a glitter pen set (c) medicine when ill (d) a toy robot
30. 30.For Arjun, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
31. 31.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) designer sunglasses (c) vegetables (d) a warm blanket
32. 32.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a new party dress (c) sweets every day (d) bus fare to school
33. 33.For Lakshmi, is “a video game” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
34. 34.For Manav, is “a video game” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
35. 35.Rohan has ₹600. First Rohan pays for needs: socks (₹60) and school shoes (₹180). How many rupees are left for wants?
36. 36.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) notebooks for school (b) a remote-control car (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a bigger TV
37. 37.For Ananya, is “a fancy phone cover” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
38. 38.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) a glitter pen set (c) bus fare to school (d) notebooks for school
39. 39.Meera has ₹700. First Meera pays for needs: a geometry box (₹90) and school shoes (₹230). How many rupees are left for wants?
40. 40.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) drinking water (b) sweets every day (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a video game

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