Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 568 · 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.For Gurpreet, is “a bigger TV” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
2. 2.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) toothpaste (c) a new party dress (d) soap
3. 3.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) a fancy phone cover (c) designer sunglasses (d) bus fare to school
4. 4.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a video game (c) notebooks for school (d) extra comic books
5. 5.For Manav, is “a remote-control car” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
6. 6.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a third cricket bat (c) a video game (d) vegetables
7. 7.For Vivaan, is “a school uniform” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
8. 8.Lakshmi has ₹550. First Lakshmi pays for needs: socks (₹60) and notebooks (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?
9. 9.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a video game (c) bus fare to school (d) a new party dress
10. 10.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) notebooks for school (c) a bigger TV (d) school shoes
11. 11.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) extra comic books (c) a bigger TV (d) rice and dal
12. 12.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) soap (b) sweets every day (c) a remote-control car (d) a video game
13. 13.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) a schoolbag (c) a video game (d) milk
14. 14.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a bigger TV (c) drinking water (d) a remote-control car
15. 15.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a fancy phone cover (c) sweets every day (d) a school uniform
16. 16.Ananya has ₹600. First Ananya pays for needs: socks (₹50) and notebooks (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
17. 17.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) a schoolbag (c) rice and dal (d) a toy robot
18. 18.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) designer sunglasses (c) extra comic books (d) notebooks for school
19. 19.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) toothpaste (c) a sticker album (d) medicine when ill
20. 20.For Pooja, is “extra comic books” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
21. 21.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a new party dress (c) medicine when ill (d) a sticker album
22. 22.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) rice and dal (c) drinking water (d) designer sunglasses
23. 23.For Priya, is “vegetables” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
24. 24.Manav has ₹500. First Manav pays for needs: school shoes (₹120) and socks (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
25. 25.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a fancy phone cover (c) bus fare to school (d) a glitter pen set
26. 26.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a raincoat (b) designer sunglasses (c) a new party dress (d) a fancy phone cover
27. 27.For Rohan, is “milk” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
28. 28.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) extra comic books (c) a warm blanket (d) a sticker album
29. 29.Karan has ₹500. First Karan pays for needs: a water bottle (₹60) and a school uniform (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
30. 30.For Ishaan, is “soap” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
31. 31.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a bigger TV (b) drinking water (c) medicine when ill (d) a warm blanket
32. 32.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) notebooks for school (b) a third cricket bat (c) a new party dress (d) a glitter pen set
33. 33.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a new party dress (c) a warm blanket (d) sweets every day
34. 34.Tara has ₹300. First Tara pays for needs: a lunch box (₹60) and school shoes (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
35. 35.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) sweets every day (c) a new party dress (d) school shoes
36. 36.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a sticker album (b) milk (c) a school uniform (d) toothpaste
37. 37.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) sweets every day (b) bus fare to school (c) a warm blanket (d) vegetables
38. 38.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) drinking water (c) a third cricket bat (d) a school uniform
39. 39.For Gurpreet, is “school shoes” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
40. 40.For Vivaan, is “a fancy phone cover” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need

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