Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 526 · 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.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) a new party dress (c) rice and dal (d) toothpaste
2. 2.For Gurpreet, is “sweets every day” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
3. 3.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) a sticker album (c) soap (d) medicine when ill
4. 4.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) toothpaste (c) a new party dress (d) drinking water
5. 5.Ishaan has ₹900. First Ishaan pays for needs: notebooks (₹260) and a raincoat (₹130). How many rupees are left for wants?
6. 6.For Meera, is “a remote-control car” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
7. 7.Vivaan has ₹650. First Vivaan pays for needs: a geometry box (₹200) and socks (₹190). How many rupees are left for wants?
8. 8.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) soap (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a new party dress (d) a video game
9. 9.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) sweets every day (c) a schoolbag (d) a school uniform
10. 10.For Aarav, is “a fancy phone cover” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
11. 11.For Aditya, is “a sticker album” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
12. 12.Lakshmi has ₹450. First Lakshmi pays for needs: notebooks (₹130) and socks (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
13. 13.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) drinking water (c) rice and dal (d) a bigger TV
14. 14.Saanvi has ₹1000. First Saanvi pays for needs: a geometry box (₹70) and a water bottle (₹170). How many rupees are left for wants?
15. 15.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) a warm blanket (c) a schoolbag (d) designer sunglasses
16. 16.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a sticker album (c) a glitter pen set (d) notebooks for school
17. 17.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) milk (c) a video game (d) notebooks for school
18. 18.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a third cricket bat (c) a fancy phone cover (d) vegetables
19. 19.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a remote-control car (b) a schoolbag (c) drinking water (d) school shoes
20. 20.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) drinking water (c) school shoes (d) a third cricket bat
21. 21.Aarav has ₹450. First Aarav pays for needs: a water bottle (₹150) and a geometry box (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
22. 22.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a new party dress (c) sweets every day (d) rice and dal
23. 23.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) extra comic books (b) bus fare to school (c) vegetables (d) a warm blanket
24. 24.For Aarav, is “extra comic books” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
25. 25.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) a raincoat (c) sweets every day (d) rice and dal
26. 26.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a video game (d) drinking water
27. 27.Priya has ₹650. First Priya pays for needs: a water bottle (₹90) and socks (₹210). How many rupees are left for wants?
28. 28.Aditya has ₹850. First Aditya pays for needs: socks (₹250) and a water bottle (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
29. 29.Aditya has ₹750. First Aditya pays for needs: a lunch box (₹80) and a school uniform (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
30. 30.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) sweets every day (c) school shoes (d) a third cricket bat
31. 31.Kabir has ₹750. First Kabir pays for needs: a water bottle (₹250) and a school uniform (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?
32. 32.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) rice and dal (c) drinking water (d) a fancy phone cover
33. 33.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a third cricket bat (c) medicine when ill (d) a glitter pen set
34. 34.For Saanvi, is “rice and dal” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
35. 35.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) vegetables (c) drinking water (d) a new party dress
36. 36.For Pooja, is “milk” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
37. 37.For Kavya, is “medicine when ill” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
38. 38.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) a toy robot (c) a school uniform (d) milk
39. 39.For Manav, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
40. 40.Joseph has ₹550. First Joseph pays for needs: a raincoat (₹100) and school shoes (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?

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