Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 663 · 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.Kavya has ₹1000. First Kavya pays for needs: school shoes (₹250) and a raincoat (₹320). How many rupees are left for wants?
2. 2.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a remote-control car (c) a bigger TV (d) medicine when ill
3. 3.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a warm blanket (c) a new party dress (d) a third cricket bat
4. 4.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) vegetables (c) a sticker album (d) a fancy phone cover
5. 5.For Sneha, is “a glitter pen set” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
6. 6.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) extra comic books (c) soap (d) designer sunglasses
7. 7.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) sweets every day (c) notebooks for school (d) designer sunglasses
8. 8.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) sweets every day (c) soap (d) a schoolbag
9. 9.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a video game (d) rice and dal
10. 10.Aarav has ₹900. First Aarav pays for needs: a raincoat (₹180) and school shoes (₹240). How many rupees are left for wants?
11. 11.Vivaan has ₹850. First Vivaan pays for needs: a raincoat (₹50) and socks (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
12. 12.Manav has ₹950. First Manav pays for needs: socks (₹300) and a school uniform (₹140). How many rupees are left for wants?
13. 13.For Saanvi, is “a glitter pen set” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
14. 14.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a sticker album (c) milk (d) a fancy phone cover
15. 15.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a sticker album (c) drinking water (d) a new party dress
16. 16.For Kabir, is “a warm blanket” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
17. 17.Vivaan has ₹550. First Vivaan pays for needs: notebooks (₹50) and a raincoat (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
18. 18.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) a bigger TV (c) designer sunglasses (d) notebooks for school
19. 19.Tara has ₹500. First Tara pays for needs: a school uniform (₹130) and a lunch box (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
20. 20.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) designer sunglasses (c) sweets every day (d) a school uniform
21. 21.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a raincoat (c) a sticker album (d) a glitter pen set
22. 22.Riya has ₹950. First Riya pays for needs: school shoes (₹80) and socks (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
23. 23.Kavya has ₹500. First Kavya pays for needs: a raincoat (₹140) and a geometry box (₹150). How many rupees are left for wants?
24. 24.Arjun has ₹800. First Arjun pays for needs: notebooks (₹130) and school shoes (₹190). How many rupees are left for wants?
25. 25.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) extra comic books (c) rice and dal (d) soap
26. 26.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) notebooks for school (c) a third cricket bat (d) a fancy phone cover
27. 27.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) a remote-control car (c) a schoolbag (d) vegetables
28. 28.Meera has ₹800. First Meera pays for needs: a lunch box (₹90) and notebooks (₹230). How many rupees are left for wants?
29. 29.Kavya has ₹950. First Kavya pays for needs: a water bottle (₹80) and notebooks (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
30. 30.For Sneha, is “medicine when ill” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
31. 31.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) bus fare to school (c) drinking water (d) a fancy phone cover
32. 32.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) drinking water (c) school shoes (d) a new party dress
33. 33.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) school shoes (c) a school uniform (d) extra comic books
34. 34.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a fancy phone cover (c) sweets every day (d) toothpaste
35. 35.For Farhan, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
36. 36.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a sticker album (c) a third cricket bat (d) milk
37. 37.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) extra comic books (c) medicine when ill (d) a toy robot
38. 38.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) rice and dal (c) vegetables (d) extra comic books
39. 39.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a bigger TV (c) a video game (d) toothpaste
40. 40.For Pooja, is “a warm blanket” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need

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