Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 596 · 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.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) milk (c) bus fare to school (d) a toy robot
2. 2.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) school shoes (c) notebooks for school (d) a video game
3. 3.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a bigger TV (c) a warm blanket (d) a new party dress
4. 4.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) school shoes (b) a video game (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a toy robot
5. 5.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) notebooks for school (c) a schoolbag (d) a video game
6. 6.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) bus fare to school (c) a toy robot (d) a school uniform
7. 7.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) vegetables (c) extra comic books (d) toothpaste
8. 8.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a bigger TV (c) a remote-control car (d) a raincoat
9. 9.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) bus fare to school (b) a fancy phone cover (c) sweets every day (d) a remote-control car
10. 10.Gurpreet has ₹500. First Gurpreet pays for needs: a school uniform (₹70) and school shoes (₹160). How many rupees are left for wants?
11. 11.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) medicine when ill (c) a schoolbag (d) designer sunglasses
12. 12.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a remote-control car (c) rice and dal (d) extra comic books
13. 13.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) extra comic books (b) rice and dal (c) a raincoat (d) drinking water
14. 14.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a glitter pen set (b) school shoes (c) notebooks for school (d) a raincoat
15. 15.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a raincoat (d) a remote-control car
16. 16.For Rohan, is “toothpaste” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
17. 17.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) extra comic books (c) a schoolbag (d) a sticker album
18. 18.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) sweets every day (c) rice and dal (d) a glitter pen set
19. 19.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) extra comic books (b) rice and dal (c) drinking water (d) a schoolbag
20. 20.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) drinking water (b) a new party dress (c) sweets every day (d) a third cricket bat
21. 21.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a new party dress (c) designer sunglasses (d) vegetables
22. 22.Ananya has ₹400. First Ananya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹60) and notebooks (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
23. 23.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) toothpaste (c) a remote-control car (d) a third cricket bat
24. 24.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a toy robot (b) a schoolbag (c) soap (d) notebooks for school
25. 25.For Rohan, is “a glitter pen set” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
26. 26.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a sticker album (c) a toy robot (d) school shoes
27. 27.For Riya, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
28. 28.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a third cricket bat (b) drinking water (c) a schoolbag (d) notebooks for school
29. 29.Nisha has ₹400. First Nisha pays for needs: a school uniform (₹120) and a water bottle (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
30. 30.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a school uniform (c) a video game (d) a remote-control car
31. 31.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) milk (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a schoolbag
32. 32.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) a schoolbag (c) a glitter pen set (d) school shoes
33. 33.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) milk (b) extra comic books (c) a bigger TV (d) a video game
34. 34.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) medicine when ill (c) a sticker album (d) a toy robot
35. 35.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a schoolbag (b) sweets every day (c) a remote-control car (d) a fancy phone cover
36. 36.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) notebooks for school (c) a glitter pen set (d) milk
37. 37.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) sweets every day (c) a video game (d) school shoes
38. 38.For Zoya, is “a schoolbag” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
39. 39.Meera has ₹350. First Meera pays for needs: a water bottle (₹80) and notebooks (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
40. 40.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) bus fare to school (c) drinking water (d) a fancy phone cover

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