Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 657 · 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.Diya has ₹550. First Diya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹120) and school shoes (₹180). How many rupees are left for wants?
2. 2.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) soap (b) a video game (c) a bigger TV (d) a fancy phone cover
3. 3.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) a school uniform (c) a bigger TV (d) school shoes
4. 4.Diya has ₹650. First Diya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹60) and socks (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
5. 5.For Pooja, is “a bigger TV” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
6. 6.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) sweets every day (c) school shoes (d) a school uniform
7. 7.For Pooja, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
8. 8.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) rice and dal (c) toothpaste (d) a video game
9. 9.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) vegetables (b) extra comic books (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a toy robot
10. 10.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) a glitter pen set (c) a raincoat (d) vegetables
11. 11.For Diya, is “a glitter pen set” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
12. 12.For Gurpreet, is “a sticker album” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
13. 13.Diya has ₹350. First Diya pays for needs: school shoes (₹80) and a raincoat (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
14. 14.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a fancy phone cover (c) drinking water (d) a new party dress
15. 15.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a bigger TV (c) a sticker album (d) school shoes
16. 16.For Ananya, is “a fancy phone cover” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
17. 17.For Nisha, is “medicine when ill” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
18. 18.For Arjun, is “a fancy phone cover” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
19. 19.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) school shoes (c) extra comic books (d) medicine when ill
20. 20.For Kabir, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
21. 21.For Isha, is “toothpaste” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
22. 22.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a sticker album (b) milk (c) vegetables (d) a schoolbag
23. 23.For Dev, is “a school uniform” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
24. 24.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a glitter pen set (c) bus fare to school (d) a fancy phone cover
25. 25.Rohan has ₹450. First Rohan pays for needs: a geometry box (₹150) and socks (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
26. 26.For Karan, is “a schoolbag” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
27. 27.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) a raincoat (c) a video game (d) notebooks for school
28. 28.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a bigger TV (b) drinking water (c) school shoes (d) rice and dal
29. 29.For Joseph, is “toothpaste” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
30. 30.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) rice and dal (c) a fancy phone cover (d) extra comic books
31. 31.Tara has ₹950. First Tara pays for needs: a geometry box (₹130) and a school uniform (₹160). How many rupees are left for wants?
32. 32.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) extra comic books (c) sweets every day (d) a raincoat
33. 33.Ishaan has ₹850. First Ishaan pays for needs: notebooks (₹60) and school shoes (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
34. 34.For Saanvi, is “rice and dal” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
35. 35.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) a warm blanket (c) soap (d) a third cricket bat
36. 36.Farhan has ₹450. First Farhan pays for needs: a raincoat (₹90) and school shoes (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
37. 37.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) designer sunglasses (c) a toy robot (d) school shoes
38. 38.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a bigger TV (c) a sticker album (d) a raincoat
39. 39.For Gurpreet, is “extra comic books” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
40. 40.Diya has ₹500. First Diya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹160) and a water bottle (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?

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