Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 560 · 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.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) a raincoat (c) drinking water (d) a fancy phone cover
2. 2.Ananya has ₹900. First Ananya pays for needs: a water bottle (₹100) and school shoes (₹300). How many rupees are left for wants?
3. 3.For Vivaan, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
4. 4.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a remote-control car (c) a new party dress (d) a schoolbag
5. 5.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a sticker album (c) bus fare to school (d) designer sunglasses
6. 6.Rahul has ₹950. First Rahul pays for needs: a water bottle (₹190) and a raincoat (₹260). How many rupees are left for wants?
7. 7.For Nisha, is “a warm blanket” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
8. 8.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) soap (c) school shoes (d) a video game
9. 9.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) milk (c) a third cricket bat (d) a new party dress
10. 10.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) milk (c) a toy robot (d) a bigger TV
11. 11.Karan has ₹650. First Karan pays for needs: socks (₹170) and a raincoat (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
12. 12.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) a toy robot (c) a video game (d) a raincoat
13. 13.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a remote-control car (c) bus fare to school (d) a fancy phone cover
14. 14.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) extra comic books (c) rice and dal (d) a new party dress
15. 15.Aditya has ₹950. First Aditya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹100) and a lunch box (₹140). How many rupees are left for wants?
16. 16.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) medicine when ill (c) soap (d) a new party dress
17. 17.For Riya, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
18. 18.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) rice and dal (c) medicine when ill (d) a video game
19. 19.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) a third cricket bat (c) school shoes (d) milk
20. 20.Diya has ₹650. First Diya pays for needs: school shoes (₹180) and a lunch box (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?
21. 21.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) designer sunglasses (c) drinking water (d) toothpaste
22. 22.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) drinking water (c) extra comic books (d) a bigger TV
23. 23.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) a bigger TV (c) vegetables (d) toothpaste
24. 24.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a bigger TV (b) a schoolbag (c) drinking water (d) a warm blanket
25. 25.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a sticker album (b) a warm blanket (c) drinking water (d) milk
26. 26.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a warm blanket (c) designer sunglasses (d) a third cricket bat
27. 27.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a third cricket bat (c) a schoolbag (d) a toy robot
28. 28.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) toothpaste (c) a glitter pen set (d) a fancy phone cover
29. 29.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a remote-control car (c) extra comic books (d) milk
30. 30.For Ananya, is “toothpaste” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
31. 31.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) designer sunglasses (c) school shoes (d) a third cricket bat
32. 32.Rohan has ₹950. First Rohan pays for needs: notebooks (₹200) and a raincoat (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
33. 33.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) toothpaste (c) milk (d) a new party dress
34. 34.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) rice and dal (c) a glitter pen set (d) a raincoat
35. 35.For Arjun, is “a school uniform” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
36. 36.For Tara, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
37. 37.For Priya, is “a remote-control car” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
38. 38.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a bigger TV (c) a new party dress (d) toothpaste
39. 39.Ishaan has ₹850. First Ishaan pays for needs: socks (₹100) and a school uniform (₹190). How many rupees are left for wants?
40. 40.For Priya, is “sweets every day” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need

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