Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 603 · 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 Kabir, is “a school uniform” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
2. 2.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) a remote-control car (c) milk (d) drinking water
3. 3.For Pooja, is “medicine when ill” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
4. 4.Ananya has ₹400. First Ananya pays for needs: a raincoat (₹100) and a water bottle (₹130). How many rupees are left for wants?
5. 5.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a warm blanket (b) a third cricket bat (c) a remote-control car (d) a video game
6. 6.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a sticker album (b) a raincoat (c) milk (d) a warm blanket
7. 7.Meera has ₹800. First Meera pays for needs: a school uniform (₹100) and school shoes (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
8. 8.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a schoolbag (b) a bigger TV (c) a glitter pen set (d) a toy robot
9. 9.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a sticker album (b) medicine when ill (c) a warm blanket (d) notebooks for school
10. 10.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) bus fare to school (c) designer sunglasses (d) a video game
11. 11.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) extra comic books (c) a glitter pen set (d) medicine when ill
12. 12.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) a third cricket bat (c) toothpaste (d) a warm blanket
13. 13.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) extra comic books (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a warm blanket
14. 14.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a toy robot (c) rice and dal (d) a sticker album
15. 15.For Gurpreet, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
16. 16.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) medicine when ill (b) a glitter pen set (c) sweets every day (d) a fancy phone cover
17. 17.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a warm blanket (d) notebooks for school
18. 18.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) notebooks for school (c) a fancy phone cover (d) sweets every day
19. 19.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) extra comic books (c) a warm blanket (d) a bigger TV
20. 20.For Meera, is “a raincoat” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
21. 21.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) toothpaste (c) school shoes (d) a third cricket bat
22. 22.Diya has ₹1000. First Diya pays for needs: socks (₹80) and a lunch box (₹130). How many rupees are left for wants?
23. 23.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a schoolbag (c) designer sunglasses (d) a bigger TV
24. 24.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) extra comic books (b) a school uniform (c) vegetables (d) a warm blanket
25. 25.Vivaan has ₹450. First Vivaan pays for needs: a geometry box (₹80) and a school uniform (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
26. 26.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a video game (c) school shoes (d) a glitter pen set
27. 27.For Vivaan, is “a new party dress” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
28. 28.For Pooja, is “school shoes” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
29. 29.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) bus fare to school (c) a remote-control car (d) drinking water
30. 30.Diya has ₹950. First Diya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹270) and socks (₹290). How many rupees are left for wants?
31. 31.For Meera, is “a bigger TV” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
32. 32.For Farhan, is “a school uniform” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
33. 33.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a raincoat (c) vegetables (d) a warm blanket
34. 34.Isha has ₹800. First Isha pays for needs: a lunch box (₹150) and a water bottle (₹230). How many rupees are left for wants?
35. 35.For Lakshmi, is “school shoes” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
36. 36.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) a third cricket bat (c) a video game (d) toothpaste
37. 37.Riya has ₹650. First Riya pays for needs: a lunch box (₹60) and a school uniform (₹140). How many rupees are left for wants?
38. 38.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) a video game (c) notebooks for school (d) a raincoat
39. 39.Priya has ₹400. First Priya pays for needs: a geometry box (₹60) and a lunch box (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
40. 40.Farhan has ₹950. First Farhan pays for needs: notebooks (₹90) and a water bottle (₹310). How many rupees are left for wants?

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