Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 676 · 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.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) a raincoat (c) rice and dal (d) a fancy phone cover
2. 2.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) notebooks for school (c) extra comic books (d) a fancy phone cover
3. 3.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) a sticker album (c) rice and dal (d) soap
4. 4.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) notebooks for school (c) bus fare to school (d) sweets every day
5. 5.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a third cricket bat (b) bus fare to school (c) toothpaste (d) rice and dal
6. 6.For Rohan, is “a fancy phone cover” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
7. 7.For Joseph, is “notebooks for school” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
8. 8.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) school shoes (c) designer sunglasses (d) milk
9. 9.For Aarav, is “medicine when ill” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
10. 10.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) a warm blanket (c) a third cricket bat (d) rice and dal
11. 11.For Arjun, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
12. 12.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a warm blanket (b) a sticker album (c) a new party dress (d) a third cricket bat
13. 13.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) rice and dal (b) sweets every day (c) a new party dress (d) a bigger TV
14. 14.Diya has ₹900. First Diya pays for needs: socks (₹190) and a raincoat (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
15. 15.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) medicine when ill (c) a new party dress (d) toothpaste
16. 16.Riya has ₹350. First Riya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹60) and a raincoat (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
17. 17.For Rohan, is “school shoes” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
18. 18.For Arjun, is “a fancy phone cover” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
19. 19.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a warm blanket (c) a school uniform (d) a raincoat
20. 20.Meera has ₹800. First Meera pays for needs: notebooks (₹120) and a water bottle (₹260). How many rupees are left for wants?
21. 21.Kabir has ₹500. First Kabir pays for needs: a geometry box (₹100) and socks (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?
22. 22.Farhan has ₹400. First Farhan pays for needs: notebooks (₹80) and a raincoat (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
23. 23.For Tara, is “a sticker album” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
24. 24.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a new party dress (c) a school uniform (d) a third cricket bat
25. 25.For Meera, is “bus fare to school” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
26. 26.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) toothpaste (c) a raincoat (d) designer sunglasses
27. 27.Arjun has ₹300. First Arjun pays for needs: notebooks (₹100) and school shoes (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
28. 28.Pooja has ₹950. First Pooja pays for needs: school shoes (₹140) and a raincoat (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
29. 29.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) milk (c) a video game (d) bus fare to school
30. 30.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) vegetables (c) a video game (d) a sticker album
31. 31.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a school uniform (c) a sticker album (d) a remote-control car
32. 32.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) a third cricket bat (c) a raincoat (d) a school uniform
33. 33.Aarav has ₹850. First Aarav pays for needs: a geometry box (₹80) and school shoes (₹240). How many rupees are left for wants?
34. 34.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) medicine when ill (c) school shoes (d) a sticker album
35. 35.For Saanvi, is “designer sunglasses” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
36. 36.Rohan has ₹400. First Rohan pays for needs: socks (₹130) and a water bottle (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
37. 37.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) designer sunglasses (c) a warm blanket (d) rice and dal
38. 38.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a bigger TV (c) extra comic books (d) vegetables
39. 39.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a sticker album (c) a new party dress (d) a warm blanket
40. 40.Pooja has ₹950. First Pooja pays for needs: school shoes (₹230) and a raincoat (₹180). How many rupees are left for wants?

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