Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 652 · 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.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) a schoolbag (c) a third cricket bat (d) a raincoat
2. 2.Arjun has ₹550. First Arjun pays for needs: a geometry box (₹50) and a water bottle (₹170). How many rupees are left for wants?
3. 3.For Farhan, is “bus fare to school” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
4. 4.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a glitter pen set (b) milk (c) vegetables (d) medicine when ill
5. 5.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) milk (c) a third cricket bat (d) a raincoat
6. 6.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) a raincoat (c) a sticker album (d) soap
7. 7.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) a schoolbag (c) designer sunglasses (d) a raincoat
8. 8.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a new party dress (c) a schoolbag (d) a glitter pen set
9. 9.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a third cricket bat (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a warm blanket
10. 10.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) rice and dal (c) a bigger TV (d) vegetables
11. 11.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a raincoat (c) a glitter pen set (d) a fancy phone cover
12. 12.Tara has ₹400. First Tara pays for needs: a geometry box (₹90) and socks (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
13. 13.Isha has ₹400. First Isha pays for needs: socks (₹120) and a raincoat (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
14. 14.Joseph has ₹1000. First Joseph pays for needs: a raincoat (₹90) and a geometry box (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
15. 15.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) a toy robot (c) medicine when ill (d) notebooks for school
16. 16.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) a schoolbag (c) a sticker album (d) a video game
17. 17.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) a toy robot (c) notebooks for school (d) school shoes
18. 18.For Karan, is “a sticker album” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
19. 19.For Nisha, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
20. 20.For Meera, is “notebooks for school” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
21. 21.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a new party dress (c) school shoes (d) a sticker album
22. 22.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a new party dress (b) a raincoat (c) medicine when ill (d) soap
23. 23.Kavya has ₹400. First Kavya pays for needs: school shoes (₹60) and a water bottle (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
24. 24.For Vivaan, is “bus fare to school” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
25. 25.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) a school uniform (c) drinking water (d) a video game
26. 26.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) bus fare to school (c) drinking water (d) extra comic books
27. 27.Aarav has ₹800. First Aarav pays for needs: school shoes (₹110) and a water bottle (₹140). How many rupees are left for wants?
28. 28.Joseph has ₹800. First Joseph pays for needs: school shoes (₹170) and a lunch box (₹230). How many rupees are left for wants?
29. 29.Kavya has ₹650. First Kavya pays for needs: school shoes (₹180) and socks (₹150). How many rupees are left for wants?
30. 30.For Ishaan, is “a school uniform” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
31. 31.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a remote-control car (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a school uniform
32. 32.Rahul has ₹450. First Rahul pays for needs: school shoes (₹100) and notebooks (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
33. 33.Nisha has ₹950. First Nisha pays for needs: a water bottle (₹140) and school shoes (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
34. 34.For Sneha, is “a new party dress” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
35. 35.For Joseph, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
36. 36.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a bigger TV (b) bus fare to school (c) a warm blanket (d) notebooks for school
37. 37.For Diya, is “vegetables” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
38. 38.Diya has ₹700. First Diya pays for needs: a geometry box (₹200) and a water bottle (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
39. 39.For Diya, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
40. 40.Diya has ₹400. First Diya pays for needs: a raincoat (₹100) and socks (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?

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