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Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 641 · 40 sums
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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.

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  1. 1.For Kabir, is “bus fare to school” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  2. 2.For Diya, is “a toy robot” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  3. 3.Tara has ₹650. First Tara pays for needs: a water bottle (₹110) and a lunch box (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
  4. 4.For Riya, is “school shoes” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  5. 5.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) sweets every day (c) a video game (d) milk
  6. 6.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) a third cricket bat (c) milk (d) a warm blanket
  7. 7.For Isha, is “extra comic books” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  8. 8.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a bigger TV (b) bus fare to school (c) toothpaste (d) a schoolbag
  9. 9.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) toothpaste (c) sweets every day (d) a video game
  10. 10.Diya has ₹850. First Diya pays for needs: a lunch box (₹110) and a school uniform (₹140). How many rupees are left for wants?
  11. 11.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) designer sunglasses (c) school shoes (d) a sticker album
  12. 12.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a sticker album (c) a raincoat (d) a video game
  13. 13.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) a school uniform (c) medicine when ill (d) a sticker album
  14. 14.Joseph has ₹500. First Joseph pays for needs: school shoes (₹60) and a geometry box (₹130). How many rupees are left for wants?
  15. 15.Lakshmi has ₹1000. First Lakshmi pays for needs: a geometry box (₹90) and notebooks (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
  16. 16.Lakshmi has ₹550. First Lakshmi pays for needs: a water bottle (₹140) and school shoes (₹170). How many rupees are left for wants?
  17. 17.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) extra comic books (c) drinking water (d) toothpaste
  18. 18.For Manav, is “designer sunglasses” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  19. 19.For Riya, is “a toy robot” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  20. 20.Karan has ₹850. First Karan pays for needs: a water bottle (₹80) and school shoes (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
  21. 21.For Aditya, is “a video game” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  22. 22.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a glitter pen set (c) a third cricket bat (d) a warm blanket
  23. 23.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a sticker album (b) bus fare to school (c) rice and dal (d) school shoes
  24. 24.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) sweets every day (c) soap (d) a glitter pen set
  25. 25.For Rohan, is “a schoolbag” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  26. 26.For Sneha, is “milk” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  27. 27.For Aditya, is “vegetables” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  28. 28.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) a school uniform (c) a fancy phone cover (d) drinking water
  29. 29.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a new party dress (b) school shoes (c) medicine when ill (d) rice and dal
  30. 30.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) drinking water (c) a raincoat (d) a video game
  31. 31.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) sweets every day (c) school shoes (d) toothpaste
  32. 32.For Aarav, is “toothpaste” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  33. 33.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a school uniform (c) rice and dal (d) school shoes
  34. 34.For Diya, is “medicine when ill” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  35. 35.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) toothpaste (c) a toy robot (d) drinking water
  36. 36.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a glitter pen set (d) milk
  37. 37.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a schoolbag (c) extra comic books (d) sweets every day
  38. 38.For Ananya, is “a bigger TV” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  39. 39.For Rohan, is “a school uniform” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  40. 40.Priya has ₹1000. First Priya pays for needs: school shoes (₹190) and a raincoat (₹310). How many rupees are left for wants?

Answer key

  1. Need
  2. Want
  3. 460
  4. Need
  5. milk
  6. a third cricket bat
  7. Want
  8. a bigger TV
  9. toothpaste
  10. 600
  11. school shoes
  12. a raincoat
  13. a sticker album
  14. 310
  15. 830
  16. 240
  17. extra comic books
  18. Want
  19. Want
  20. 680
  21. Want
  22. a warm blanket
  23. a sticker album
  24. soap
  25. Need
  26. Need
  27. Need
  28. a fancy phone cover
  29. a new party dress
  30. a video game
  31. sweets every day
  32. Need
  33. designer sunglasses
  34. Need
  35. a toy robot
  36. milk
  37. a schoolbag
  38. Want
  39. Need
  40. 500

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