Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 55 · 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.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a fancy phone cover (c) notebooks for school (d) a toy robot
2. 2.For Aditya, is “milk” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
3. 3.Pooja has ₹300. First Pooja pays for needs: socks (₹80) and a raincoat (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
4. 4.Lakshmi has ₹800. First Lakshmi pays for needs: a lunch box (₹100) and socks (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
5. 5.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) milk (c) a bigger TV (d) extra comic books
6. 6.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) drinking water (b) a glitter pen set (c) a remote-control car (d) sweets every day
7. 7.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a new party dress (c) a remote-control car (d) toothpaste
8. 8.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) a sticker album (c) vegetables (d) a warm blanket
9. 9.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) vegetables (c) a raincoat (d) school shoes
10. 10.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a bigger TV (b) a warm blanket (c) rice and dal (d) milk
11. 11.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) a sticker album (c) drinking water (d) a bigger TV
12. 12.For Aarav, is “a fancy phone cover” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
13. 13.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) toothpaste (c) rice and dal (d) extra comic books
14. 14.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a new party dress (d) notebooks for school
15. 15.For Diya, is “a video game” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
16. 16.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) vegetables (c) school shoes (d) a remote-control car
17. 17.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a fancy phone cover (c) notebooks for school (d) a video game
18. 18.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) vegetables (c) a bigger TV (d) a video game
19. 19.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) soap (b) a new party dress (c) a sticker album (d) a third cricket bat
20. 20.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a sticker album (c) soap (d) a new party dress
21. 21.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) rice and dal (c) vegetables (d) extra comic books
22. 22.For Farhan, is “a new party dress” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
23. 23.Kabir has ₹850. First Kabir pays for needs: a lunch box (₹180) and a raincoat (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
24. 24.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) soap (c) a video game (d) a bigger TV
25. 25.Rahul has ₹350. First Rahul pays for needs: notebooks (₹100) and a raincoat (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
26. 26.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a fancy phone cover (c) rice and dal (d) extra comic books
27. 27.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a fancy phone cover (c) drinking water (d) a video game
28. 28.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) drinking water (c) toothpaste (d) designer sunglasses
29. 29.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) toothpaste (c) extra comic books (d) a glitter pen set
30. 30.Nisha has ₹750. First Nisha pays for needs: a raincoat (₹130) and a school uniform (₹250). How many rupees are left for wants?
31. 31.Sneha has ₹350. First Sneha pays for needs: a raincoat (₹70) and a school uniform (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
32. 32.Isha has ₹1000. First Isha pays for needs: a school uniform (₹310) and a lunch box (₹180). How many rupees are left for wants?
33. 33.For Meera, is “sweets every day” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
34. 34.Ananya has ₹650. First Ananya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹190) and a lunch box (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
35. 35.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) soap (c) extra comic books (d) bus fare to school
36. 36.For Zoya, is “a warm blanket” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
37. 37.Rohan has ₹650. First Rohan pays for needs: school shoes (₹100) and notebooks (₹190). How many rupees are left for wants?
38. 38.For Rohan, is “a video game” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
39. 39.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) a raincoat (c) a toy robot (d) notebooks for school
40. 40.For Ananya, is “extra comic books” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need

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