Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 7 · 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 is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) milk (c) sweets every day (d) a video game
2. 2.For Lakshmi, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
3. 3.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a sticker album (c) a fancy phone cover (d) bus fare to school
4. 4.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a schoolbag (b) designer sunglasses (c) a fancy phone cover (d) sweets every day
5. 5.Riya has ₹750. First Riya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹250) and a lunch box (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
6. 6.Saanvi has ₹1000. First Saanvi pays for needs: a raincoat (₹220) and a school uniform (₹240). How many rupees are left for wants?
7. 7.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) a schoolbag (c) a third cricket bat (d) a school uniform
8. 8.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) notebooks for school (c) sweets every day (d) designer sunglasses
9. 9.For Aditya, is “a fancy phone cover” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
10. 10.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) a raincoat (c) a warm blanket (d) a third cricket bat
11. 11.Meera has ₹950. First Meera pays for needs: a raincoat (₹210) and socks (₹290). How many rupees are left for wants?
12. 12.Dev has ₹450. First Dev pays for needs: socks (₹130) and a raincoat (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
13. 13.Aditya has ₹600. First Aditya pays for needs: a lunch box (₹200) and school shoes (₹200). How many rupees are left for wants?
14. 14.Arjun has ₹350. First Arjun pays for needs: a water bottle (₹90) and school shoes (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
15. 15.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) rice and dal (c) school shoes (d) a video game
16. 16.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a sticker album (c) a fancy phone cover (d) milk
17. 17.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) designer sunglasses (c) rice and dal (d) vegetables
18. 18.For Zoya, is “a raincoat” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
19. 19.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) drinking water (c) designer sunglasses (d) a toy robot
20. 20.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) milk (c) a fancy phone cover (d) notebooks for school
21. 21.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) soap (b) a sticker album (c) extra comic books (d) a glitter pen set
22. 22.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) designer sunglasses (c) milk (d) medicine when ill
23. 23.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) sweets every day (b) school shoes (c) drinking water (d) a schoolbag
24. 24.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a schoolbag (b) sweets every day (c) a video game (d) designer sunglasses
25. 25.Kabir has ₹950. First Kabir pays for needs: a geometry box (₹250) and a school uniform (₹160). How many rupees are left for wants?
26. 26.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) toothpaste (c) a school uniform (d) extra comic books
27. 27.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) a remote-control car (c) a school uniform (d) designer sunglasses
28. 28.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) sweets every day (c) a toy robot (d) a raincoat
29. 29.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a school uniform (d) toothpaste
30. 30.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) a school uniform (c) a toy robot (d) toothpaste
31. 31.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) school shoes (c) sweets every day (d) a schoolbag
32. 32.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) notebooks for school (c) sweets every day (d) extra comic books
33. 33.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) drinking water (c) soap (d) sweets every day
34. 34.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) milk (c) a third cricket bat (d) a school uniform
35. 35.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) school shoes (c) a new party dress (d) drinking water
36. 36.Ananya has ₹400. First Ananya pays for needs: socks (₹70) and a water bottle (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
37. 37.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) drinking water (c) designer sunglasses (d) extra comic books
38. 38.Aarav has ₹400. First Aarav pays for needs: socks (₹60) and a raincoat (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
39. 39.Rohan has ₹600. First Rohan pays for needs: a school uniform (₹100) and a raincoat (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?
40. 40.For Priya, is “bus fare to school” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want

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