Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 627 · 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 Rohan, is “a glitter pen set” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
2. 2.For Tara, is “a toy robot” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
3. 3.For Kabir, is “extra comic books” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
4. 4.Gurpreet has ₹550. First Gurpreet pays for needs: a lunch box (₹120) and socks (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
5. 5.For Gurpreet, is “a fancy phone cover” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
6. 6.For Meera, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
7. 7.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) a glitter pen set (c) a warm blanket (d) medicine when ill
8. 8.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a third cricket bat (c) a video game (d) notebooks for school
9. 9.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a remote-control car (c) a school uniform (d) a video game
10. 10.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a new party dress (c) sweets every day (d) a warm blanket
11. 11.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a warm blanket (c) a new party dress (d) a fancy phone cover
12. 12.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a schoolbag (b) a sticker album (c) extra comic books (d) a new party dress
13. 13.For Diya, is “milk” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
14. 14.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) vegetables (c) milk (d) a fancy phone cover
15. 15.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) drinking water (b) a video game (c) a fancy phone cover (d) designer sunglasses
16. 16.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) a fancy phone cover (c) school shoes (d) rice and dal
17. 17.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) drinking water (c) a third cricket bat (d) vegetables
18. 18.For Vivaan, is “extra comic books” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
19. 19.Farhan has ₹950. First Farhan pays for needs: school shoes (₹70) and a raincoat (₹270). How many rupees are left for wants?
20. 20.Diya has ₹850. First Diya pays for needs: a lunch box (₹170) and a water bottle (₹190). How many rupees are left for wants?
21. 21.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) sweets every day (c) notebooks for school (d) a third cricket bat
22. 22.Meera has ₹300. First Meera pays for needs: a raincoat (₹90) and socks (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
23. 23.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a sticker album (b) milk (c) a school uniform (d) a schoolbag
24. 24.Manav has ₹550. First Manav pays for needs: a geometry box (₹50) and a school uniform (₹180). How many rupees are left for wants?
25. 25.Karan has ₹350. First Karan pays for needs: a water bottle (₹110) and socks (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
26. 26.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) medicine when ill (c) a third cricket bat (d) sweets every day
27. 27.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) a warm blanket (c) milk (d) a fancy phone cover
28. 28.For Dev, is “medicine when ill” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
29. 29.Ananya has ₹700. First Ananya pays for needs: school shoes (₹90) and socks (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
30. 30.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) toothpaste (c) vegetables (d) a video game
31. 31.Priya has ₹300. First Priya pays for needs: a water bottle (₹100) and a raincoat (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
32. 32.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) medicine when ill (c) extra comic books (d) designer sunglasses
33. 33.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a raincoat (c) rice and dal (d) medicine when ill
34. 34.Karan has ₹500. First Karan pays for needs: a water bottle (₹110) and a school uniform (₹160). How many rupees are left for wants?
35. 35.For Rohan, is “a toy robot” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
36. 36.Dev has ₹500. First Dev pays for needs: a school uniform (₹120) and notebooks (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
37. 37.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) a school uniform (c) a raincoat (d) a third cricket bat
38. 38.Joseph has ₹800. First Joseph pays for needs: a school uniform (₹50) and notebooks (₹190). How many rupees are left for wants?
39. 39.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a new party dress (c) a fancy phone cover (d) milk
40. 40.Meera has ₹850. First Meera pays for needs: school shoes (₹190) and a geometry box (₹130). How many rupees are left for wants?

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