Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 569 · 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.Gurpreet has ₹500. First Gurpreet pays for needs: a geometry box (₹110) and notebooks (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
2. 2.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a bigger TV (c) vegetables (d) a fancy phone cover
3. 3.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) a toy robot (c) a school uniform (d) a schoolbag
4. 4.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) rice and dal (c) a fancy phone cover (d) soap
5. 5.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) milk (c) a warm blanket (d) designer sunglasses
6. 6.Arjun has ₹800. First Arjun pays for needs: notebooks (₹80) and a water bottle (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
7. 7.For Zoya, is “notebooks for school” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
8. 8.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a bigger TV (c) extra comic books (d) a schoolbag
9. 9.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) medicine when ill (c) toothpaste (d) a video game
10. 10.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) vegetables (c) a bigger TV (d) rice and dal
11. 11.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) school shoes (c) soap (d) designer sunglasses
12. 12.Aarav has ₹700. First Aarav pays for needs: a lunch box (₹220) and a school uniform (₹190). How many rupees are left for wants?
13. 13.For Ishaan, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
14. 14.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a schoolbag (b) a video game (c) sweets every day (d) designer sunglasses
15. 15.For Isha, is “a video game” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
16. 16.Isha has ₹950. First Isha pays for needs: a geometry box (₹140) and a raincoat (₹310). How many rupees are left for wants?
17. 17.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) soap (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a school uniform
18. 18.For Gurpreet, is “rice and dal” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
19. 19.For Vivaan, is “a new party dress” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
20. 20.For Sneha, is “a remote-control car” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
21. 21.For Kabir, is “soap” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
22. 22.For Isha, is “a bigger TV” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
23. 23.Nisha has ₹850. First Nisha pays for needs: a school uniform (₹160) and a water bottle (₹260). How many rupees are left for wants?
24. 24.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) milk (c) school shoes (d) a glitter pen set
25. 25.For Kavya, is “a glitter pen set” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
26. 26.For Zoya, is “rice and dal” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
27. 27.For Lakshmi, is “bus fare to school” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
28. 28.For Aarav, is “school shoes” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
29. 29.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) milk (c) a glitter pen set (d) a fancy phone cover
30. 30.Pooja has ₹300. First Pooja pays for needs: a school uniform (₹70) and a geometry box (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
31. 31.For Sneha, is “extra comic books” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
32. 32.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) extra comic books (b) drinking water (c) bus fare to school (d) a schoolbag
33. 33.For Lakshmi, is “a sticker album” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
34. 34.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) a school uniform (c) rice and dal (d) a third cricket bat
35. 35.Manav has ₹650. First Manav pays for needs: a lunch box (₹130) and notebooks (₹170). How many rupees are left for wants?
36. 36.Lakshmi has ₹850. First Lakshmi pays for needs: a water bottle (₹150) and socks (₹150). How many rupees are left for wants?
37. 37.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) toothpaste (c) extra comic books (d) a fancy phone cover
38. 38.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) a raincoat (c) a glitter pen set (d) school shoes
39. 39.Nisha has ₹850. First Nisha pays for needs: socks (₹150) and a school uniform (₹160). How many rupees are left for wants?
40. 40.Zoya has ₹700. First Zoya pays for needs: notebooks (₹110) and a geometry box (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?

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