Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 527 · 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.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) milk (c) extra comic books (d) a warm blanket
2. 2.For Saanvi, is “sweets every day” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
3. 3.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) drinking water (c) a new party dress (d) milk
4. 4.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) designer sunglasses (c) a fancy phone cover (d) milk
5. 5.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a bigger TV (c) notebooks for school (d) extra comic books
6. 6.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) rice and dal (c) a bigger TV (d) a school uniform
7. 7.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a bigger TV (c) a warm blanket (d) a video game
8. 8.Aditya has ₹550. First Aditya pays for needs: socks (₹60) and notebooks (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
9. 9.Priya has ₹550. First Priya pays for needs: socks (₹120) and a school uniform (₹140). How many rupees are left for wants?
10. 10.For Isha, is “a remote-control car” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
11. 11.Pooja has ₹750. First Pooja pays for needs: a school uniform (₹230) and socks (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
12. 12.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) drinking water (c) a toy robot (d) extra comic books
13. 13.Rohan has ₹400. First Rohan pays for needs: a water bottle (₹120) and school shoes (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
14. 14.Zoya has ₹450. First Zoya pays for needs: a water bottle (₹90) and socks (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
15. 15.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a remote-control car (b) notebooks for school (c) drinking water (d) medicine when ill
16. 16.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) drinking water (b) a video game (c) a toy robot (d) a fancy phone cover
17. 17.Ananya has ₹600. First Ananya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹150) and school shoes (₹170). How many rupees are left for wants?
18. 18.For Ishaan, is “soap” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
19. 19.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) extra comic books (c) medicine when ill (d) milk
20. 20.For Saanvi, is “soap” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
21. 21.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) drinking water (c) a video game (d) milk
22. 22.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) a video game (c) a bigger TV (d) school shoes
23. 23.Zoya has ₹850. First Zoya pays for needs: a raincoat (₹70) and notebooks (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
24. 24.Vivaan has ₹900. First Vivaan pays for needs: a lunch box (₹290) and socks (₹300). How many rupees are left for wants?
25. 25.Isha has ₹950. First Isha pays for needs: a water bottle (₹220) and a lunch box (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
26. 26.Dev has ₹550. First Dev pays for needs: socks (₹100) and school shoes (₹140). How many rupees are left for wants?
27. 27.Farhan has ₹1000. First Farhan pays for needs: a school uniform (₹260) and school shoes (₹280). How many rupees are left for wants?
28. 28.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a video game (c) a warm blanket (d) a toy robot
29. 29.Arjun has ₹1000. First Arjun pays for needs: a raincoat (₹330) and socks (₹270). How many rupees are left for wants?
30. 30.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a sticker album (c) a third cricket bat (d) milk
31. 31.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a schoolbag (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a sticker album (d) a third cricket bat
32. 32.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) extra comic books (c) vegetables (d) bus fare to school
33. 33.For Ananya, is “a sticker album” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
34. 34.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) drinking water (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a schoolbag
35. 35.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) sweets every day (c) milk (d) a sticker album
36. 36.Tara has ₹500. First Tara pays for needs: a geometry box (₹150) and a raincoat (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
37. 37.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a warm blanket (b) designer sunglasses (c) a bigger TV (d) a third cricket bat
38. 38.For Karan, is “toothpaste” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
39. 39.For Saanvi, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
40. 40.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a new party dress (c) a video game (d) medicine when ill

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