Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 662 · 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.Farhan has ₹900. First Farhan pays for needs: a geometry box (₹50) and a water bottle (₹210). How many rupees are left for wants?
2. 2.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) designer sunglasses (c) rice and dal (d) notebooks for school
3. 3.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a new party dress (c) toothpaste (d) designer sunglasses
4. 4.Diya has ₹350. First Diya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹80) and school shoes (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
5. 5.Sneha has ₹750. First Sneha pays for needs: a water bottle (₹50) and notebooks (₹150). How many rupees are left for wants?
6. 6.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) notebooks for school (c) a warm blanket (d) a glitter pen set
7. 7.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) a video game (c) rice and dal (d) school shoes
8. 8.For Nisha, is “a schoolbag” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
9. 9.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a new party dress (c) a toy robot (d) drinking water
10. 10.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) sweets every day (c) designer sunglasses (d) vegetables
11. 11.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) medicine when ill (c) a bigger TV (d) a fancy phone cover
12. 12.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a glitter pen set (c) a fancy phone cover (d) school shoes
13. 13.For Karan, is “medicine when ill” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
14. 14.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a bigger TV (c) a remote-control car (d) milk
15. 15.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a remote-control car (c) a video game (d) drinking water
16. 16.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) sweets every day (c) medicine when ill (d) a new party dress
17. 17.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) rice and dal (c) sweets every day (d) a video game
18. 18.For Gurpreet, is “vegetables” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
19. 19.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) a raincoat (c) medicine when ill (d) designer sunglasses
20. 20.Karan has ₹300. First Karan pays for needs: a lunch box (₹80) and notebooks (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
21. 21.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a schoolbag (c) a remote-control car (d) a bigger TV
22. 22.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) rice and dal (c) designer sunglasses (d) a bigger TV
23. 23.Aarav has ₹950. First Aarav pays for needs: a lunch box (₹120) and school shoes (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
24. 24.Farhan has ₹500. First Farhan pays for needs: a lunch box (₹80) and school shoes (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
25. 25.Diya has ₹800. First Diya pays for needs: notebooks (₹220) and socks (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
26. 26.Meera has ₹600. First Meera pays for needs: a water bottle (₹80) and a school uniform (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?
27. 27.Saanvi has ₹350. First Saanvi pays for needs: a school uniform (₹70) and a geometry box (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
28. 28.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) school shoes (c) a schoolbag (d) a sticker album
29. 29.For Ananya, is “school shoes” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
30. 30.Sneha has ₹400. First Sneha pays for needs: a water bottle (₹110) and a raincoat (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
31. 31.Isha has ₹650. First Isha pays for needs: notebooks (₹160) and a lunch box (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
32. 32.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) extra comic books (c) a toy robot (d) a schoolbag
33. 33.For Manav, is “a sticker album” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
34. 34.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) school shoes (c) soap (d) a glitter pen set
35. 35.Gurpreet has ₹700. First Gurpreet pays for needs: a raincoat (₹90) and a water bottle (₹180). How many rupees are left for wants?
36. 36.Nisha has ₹450. First Nisha pays for needs: a geometry box (₹130) and a water bottle (₹140). How many rupees are left for wants?
37. 37.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) sweets every day (c) notebooks for school (d) a video game
38. 38.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a sticker album (b) notebooks for school (c) milk (d) rice and dal
39. 39.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) designer sunglasses (b) rice and dal (c) notebooks for school (d) school shoes
40. 40.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) a raincoat (c) toothpaste (d) a video game

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