Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 578 · 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.Ananya has ₹650. First Ananya pays for needs: a lunch box (₹110) and notebooks (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
2. 2.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) bus fare to school (c) milk (d) sweets every day
3. 3.Ananya has ₹800. First Ananya pays for needs: a lunch box (₹90) and notebooks (₹210). How many rupees are left for wants?
4. 4.For Aditya, is “soap” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
5. 5.Riya has ₹500. First Riya pays for needs: a geometry box (₹130) and socks (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
6. 6.For Vivaan, is “a new party dress” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
7. 7.For Riya, is “extra comic books” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
8. 8.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a sticker album (b) a raincoat (c) medicine when ill (d) soap
9. 9.For Rahul, is “sweets every day” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
10. 10.For Diya, is “milk” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
11. 11.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) drinking water (c) a video game (d) a third cricket bat
12. 12.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) a third cricket bat (c) a schoolbag (d) milk
13. 13.Zoya has ₹550. First Zoya pays for needs: socks (₹110) and a geometry box (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
14. 14.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a glitter pen set (c) a bigger TV (d) drinking water
15. 15.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) toothpaste (c) rice and dal (d) sweets every day
16. 16.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) extra comic books (c) a new party dress (d) a school uniform
17. 17.Priya has ₹350. First Priya pays for needs: socks (₹90) and a geometry box (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
18. 18.Kavya has ₹750. First Kavya pays for needs: a geometry box (₹190) and a raincoat (₹170). How many rupees are left for wants?
19. 19.Gurpreet has ₹350. First Gurpreet pays for needs: socks (₹90) and a water bottle (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
20. 20.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a glitter pen set (b) notebooks for school (c) a warm blanket (d) vegetables
21. 21.Isha has ₹850. First Isha pays for needs: a lunch box (₹150) and notebooks (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
22. 22.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) rice and dal (c) a toy robot (d) a bigger TV
23. 23.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) designer sunglasses (c) toothpaste (d) a video game
24. 24.Rohan has ₹550. First Rohan pays for needs: a raincoat (₹140) and socks (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?
25. 25.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) vegetables (c) a fancy phone cover (d) school shoes
26. 26.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) extra comic books (c) notebooks for school (d) milk
27. 27.For Karan, is “bus fare to school” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
28. 28.Arjun has ₹600. First Arjun pays for needs: a school uniform (₹70) and socks (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
29. 29.Vivaan has ₹400. First Vivaan pays for needs: a raincoat (₹110) and a water bottle (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?
30. 30.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) extra comic books (c) a third cricket bat (d) school shoes
31. 31.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) vegetables (c) a third cricket bat (d) a fancy phone cover
32. 32.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a video game (c) school shoes (d) extra comic books
33. 33.Tara has ₹450. First Tara pays for needs: socks (₹100) and a school uniform (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
34. 34.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a school uniform (b) a third cricket bat (c) a toy robot (d) a fancy phone cover
35. 35.Tara has ₹550. First Tara pays for needs: school shoes (₹180) and a school uniform (₹160). How many rupees are left for wants?
36. 36.Rohan has ₹700. First Rohan pays for needs: notebooks (₹100) and socks (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
37. 37.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) extra comic books (c) medicine when ill (d) a bigger TV
38. 38.For Meera, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
39. 39.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) notebooks for school (b) a remote-control car (c) sweets every day (d) a video game
40. 40.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) a raincoat (c) toothpaste (d) a glitter pen set

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