Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 536 · 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.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) toothpaste (b) designer sunglasses (c) a bigger TV (d) a video game
2. 2.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) drinking water (c) a third cricket bat (d) a video game
3. 3.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) a remote-control car (c) notebooks for school (d) a toy robot
4. 4.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) extra comic books (c) a new party dress (d) soap
5. 5.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) soap (b) a glitter pen set (c) a third cricket bat (d) a toy robot
6. 6.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) a sticker album (c) notebooks for school (d) drinking water
7. 7.Sneha has ₹600. First Sneha pays for needs: a lunch box (₹70) and a school uniform (₹150). How many rupees are left for wants?
8. 8.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) vegetables (c) a glitter pen set (d) a sticker album
9. 9.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a fancy phone cover (c) extra comic books (d) soap
10. 10.Karan has ₹650. First Karan pays for needs: a lunch box (₹160) and school shoes (₹160). How many rupees are left for wants?
11. 11.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) drinking water (c) a toy robot (d) a video game
12. 12.Manav has ₹750. First Manav pays for needs: notebooks (₹50) and a raincoat (₹240). How many rupees are left for wants?
13. 13.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) extra comic books (c) a remote-control car (d) notebooks for school
14. 14.For Tara, is “a glitter pen set” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
15. 15.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a sticker album (c) a bigger TV (d) soap
16. 16.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) bus fare to school (c) rice and dal (d) extra comic books
17. 17.Pooja has ₹650. First Pooja pays for needs: a school uniform (₹200) and school shoes (₹200). How many rupees are left for wants?
18. 18.Ananya has ₹900. First Ananya pays for needs: a raincoat (₹260) and school shoes (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
19. 19.For Ananya, is “sweets every day” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
20. 20.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) bus fare to school (c) designer sunglasses (d) a glitter pen set
21. 21.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) a video game (c) rice and dal (d) soap
22. 22.Meera has ₹350. First Meera pays for needs: a lunch box (₹80) and a school uniform (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
23. 23.Meera has ₹550. First Meera pays for needs: a school uniform (₹50) and socks (₹130). How many rupees are left for wants?
24. 24.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a school uniform (b) a third cricket bat (c) a glitter pen set (d) a video game
25. 25.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) designer sunglasses (c) a video game (d) bus fare to school
26. 26.Gurpreet has ₹400. First Gurpreet pays for needs: socks (₹70) and school shoes (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?
27. 27.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) a third cricket bat (c) drinking water (d) rice and dal
28. 28.For Arjun, is “sweets every day” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
29. 29.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) toothpaste (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a warm blanket
30. 30.For Pooja, is “a warm blanket” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
31. 31.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a video game (b) a school uniform (c) milk (d) vegetables
32. 32.For Sneha, is “a video game” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
33. 33.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) vegetables (c) a third cricket bat (d) soap
34. 34.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a remote-control car (c) vegetables (d) sweets every day
35. 35.For Diya, is “soap” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
36. 36.For Farhan, is “a sticker album” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
37. 37.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) a sticker album (c) a school uniform (d) notebooks for school
38. 38.For Dev, is “a sticker album” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
39. 39.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) notebooks for school (c) a school uniform (d) a third cricket bat
40. 40.For Meera, is “notebooks for school” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want

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