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Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 65 · 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.Aarav has ₹400. First Aarav pays for needs: a lunch box (₹70) and a geometry box (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?
  2. 2.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) toothpaste (c) a glitter pen set (d) a sticker album
  3. 3.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) sweets every day (c) drinking water (d) a raincoat
  4. 4.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) medicine when ill (c) a new party dress (d) a video game
  5. 5.For Zoya, is “milk” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  6. 6.For Kavya, is “sweets every day” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  7. 7.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a schoolbag (c) a bigger TV (d) a remote-control car
  8. 8.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) milk (b) a video game (c) a bigger TV (d) a sticker album
  9. 9.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) bus fare to school (c) a sticker album (d) a remote-control car
  10. 10.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) rice and dal (c) a sticker album (d) a remote-control car
  11. 11.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a remote-control car (c) a toy robot (d) school shoes
  12. 12.Tara has ₹750. First Tara pays for needs: a geometry box (₹210) and a school uniform (₹250). How many rupees are left for wants?
  13. 13.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a third cricket bat (c) a new party dress (d) school shoes
  14. 14.Riya has ₹400. First Riya pays for needs: a raincoat (₹130) and a lunch box (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
  15. 15.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) notebooks for school (c) school shoes (d) a remote-control car
  16. 16.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) milk (c) a bigger TV (d) a third cricket bat
  17. 17.For Meera, is “a warm blanket” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  18. 18.For Kavya, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  19. 19.For Aarav, is “a glitter pen set” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  20. 20.For Rahul, is “bus fare to school” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  21. 21.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a fancy phone cover (c) rice and dal (d) a bigger TV
  22. 22.For Kabir, is “a video game” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  23. 23.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) toothpaste (c) notebooks for school (d) a third cricket bat
  24. 24.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) a schoolbag (c) extra comic books (d) milk
  25. 25.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a video game (b) soap (c) a warm blanket (d) bus fare to school
  26. 26.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) drinking water (c) soap (d) designer sunglasses
  27. 27.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) a fancy phone cover (c) medicine when ill (d) rice and dal
  28. 28.Rohan has ₹350. First Rohan pays for needs: a school uniform (₹60) and a geometry box (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
  29. 29.Riya has ₹400. First Riya pays for needs: school shoes (₹130) and a raincoat (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?
  30. 30.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) milk (c) rice and dal (d) a remote-control car
  31. 31.Aditya has ₹600. First Aditya pays for needs: a lunch box (₹140) and notebooks (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
  32. 32.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a remote-control car (b) notebooks for school (c) medicine when ill (d) a schoolbag
  33. 33.For Aarav, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  34. 34.For Arjun, is “a remote-control car” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  35. 35.For Saanvi, is “a toy robot” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  36. 36.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) school shoes (c) a fancy phone cover (d) sweets every day
  37. 37.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) designer sunglasses (c) a video game (d) toothpaste
  38. 38.For Aarav, is “designer sunglasses” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  39. 39.Saanvi has ₹450. First Saanvi pays for needs: a water bottle (₹60) and a lunch box (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
  40. 40.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a schoolbag (c) a bigger TV (d) designer sunglasses

Answer key

  1. 210
  2. toothpaste
  3. sweets every day
  4. medicine when ill
  5. Need
  6. Want
  7. a schoolbag
  8. milk
  9. bus fare to school
  10. rice and dal
  11. school shoes
  12. 290
  13. school shoes
  14. 180
  15. a remote-control car
  16. milk
  17. Need
  18. Want
  19. Want
  20. Need
  21. rice and dal
  22. Want
  23. a third cricket bat
  24. extra comic books
  25. a video game
  26. designer sunglasses
  27. a fancy phone cover
  28. 230
  29. 150
  30. a remote-control car
  31. 390
  32. a remote-control car
  33. Want
  34. Want
  35. Want
  36. school shoes
  37. toothpaste
  38. Want
  39. 290
  40. a schoolbag

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