Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 659 · 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.Rahul has ₹750. First Rahul pays for needs: school shoes (₹140) and notebooks (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
2. 2.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) vegetables (c) a third cricket bat (d) designer sunglasses
3. 3.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a video game (c) a new party dress (d) drinking water
4. 4.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) school shoes (c) a school uniform (d) a third cricket bat
5. 5.For Tara, is “rice and dal” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
6. 6.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a new party dress (b) a school uniform (c) a raincoat (d) bus fare to school
7. 7.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a third cricket bat (c) vegetables (d) a bigger TV
8. 8.For Isha, is “a school uniform” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
9. 9.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) notebooks for school (c) a video game (d) sweets every day
10. 10.Sneha has ₹700. First Sneha pays for needs: a water bottle (₹150) and a lunch box (₹230). How many rupees are left for wants?
11. 11.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) a schoolbag (c) rice and dal (d) a bigger TV
12. 12.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a toy robot (b) soap (c) medicine when ill (d) a schoolbag
13. 13.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) a raincoat (c) drinking water (d) a third cricket bat
14. 14.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) a sticker album (c) bus fare to school (d) drinking water
15. 15.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) designer sunglasses (c) a schoolbag (d) soap
16. 16.Nisha has ₹500. First Nisha pays for needs: a lunch box (₹70) and notebooks (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
17. 17.For Aarav, is “a new party dress” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
18. 18.Rohan has ₹850. First Rohan pays for needs: a raincoat (₹250) and notebooks (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?
19. 19.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a video game (b) school shoes (c) vegetables (d) a school uniform
20. 20.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) vegetables (c) a remote-control car (d) a schoolbag
21. 21.Isha has ₹500. First Isha pays for needs: notebooks (₹50) and a water bottle (₹160). How many rupees are left for wants?
22. 22.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) milk (c) toothpaste (d) a video game
23. 23.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) a glitter pen set (c) a warm blanket (d) rice and dal
24. 24.Lakshmi has ₹600. First Lakshmi pays for needs: socks (₹70) and a raincoat (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
25. 25.Rohan has ₹400. First Rohan pays for needs: a geometry box (₹80) and a lunch box (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
26. 26.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a third cricket bat (c) a video game (d) a schoolbag
27. 27.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) vegetables (c) a school uniform (d) a video game
28. 28.Karan has ₹550. First Karan pays for needs: a lunch box (₹60) and a water bottle (₹140). How many rupees are left for wants?
29. 29.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) vegetables (b) a sticker album (c) a new party dress (d) sweets every day
30. 30.For Manav, is “notebooks for school” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
31. 31.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a video game (d) soap
32. 32.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a new party dress (c) a glitter pen set (d) vegetables
33. 33.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) drinking water (c) a glitter pen set (d) a fancy phone cover
34. 34.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) a bigger TV (c) a warm blanket (d) milk
35. 35.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) a school uniform (c) a fancy phone cover (d) medicine when ill
36. 36.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) vegetables (c) milk (d) a toy robot
37. 37.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) designer sunglasses (c) sweets every day (d) vegetables
38. 38.Aditya has ₹450. First Aditya pays for needs: a water bottle (₹90) and a raincoat (₹140). How many rupees are left for wants?
39. 39.Meera has ₹500. First Meera pays for needs: a raincoat (₹150) and a water bottle (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
40. 40.Kavya has ₹900. First Kavya pays for needs: a water bottle (₹230) and notebooks (₹280). How many rupees are left for wants?

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