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Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 728 · 40 sums
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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.

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  1. 1.For Diya, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  2. 2.For Manav, is “a fancy phone cover” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  3. 3.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a remote-control car (c) vegetables (d) a video game
  4. 4.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) drinking water (c) a new party dress (d) a glitter pen set
  5. 5.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a toy robot (c) sweets every day (d) vegetables
  6. 6.Isha has ₹600. First Isha pays for needs: notebooks (₹50) and socks (₹170). How many rupees are left for wants?
  7. 7.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) rice and dal (b) a toy robot (c) a remote-control car (d) designer sunglasses
  8. 8.Kabir has ₹450. First Kabir pays for needs: notebooks (₹120) and a school uniform (₹140). How many rupees are left for wants?
  9. 9.For Diya, is “rice and dal” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  10. 10.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) milk (c) a video game (d) notebooks for school
  11. 11.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) milk (b) designer sunglasses (c) a third cricket bat (d) a fancy phone cover
  12. 12.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) milk (b) a third cricket bat (c) a fancy phone cover (d) sweets every day
  13. 13.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) a new party dress (c) vegetables (d) toothpaste
  14. 14.Joseph has ₹800. First Joseph pays for needs: notebooks (₹210) and a geometry box (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
  15. 15.Pooja has ₹500. First Pooja pays for needs: a school uniform (₹90) and school shoes (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
  16. 16.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a sticker album (c) a new party dress (d) rice and dal
  17. 17.For Rahul, is “a remote-control car” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  18. 18.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) a schoolbag (c) a third cricket bat (d) extra comic books
  19. 19.Nisha has ₹650. First Nisha pays for needs: a raincoat (₹110) and a school uniform (₹170). How many rupees are left for wants?
  20. 20.For Diya, is “vegetables” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  21. 21.For Dev, is “a bigger TV” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  22. 22.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) a glitter pen set (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a schoolbag
  23. 23.Meera has ₹450. First Meera pays for needs: school shoes (₹150) and notebooks (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
  24. 24.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) sweets every day (c) school shoes (d) a video game
  25. 25.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) vegetables (c) a sticker album (d) a glitter pen set
  26. 26.For Sneha, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  27. 27.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) rice and dal (b) sweets every day (c) designer sunglasses (d) a video game
  28. 28.Pooja has ₹800. First Pooja pays for needs: a lunch box (₹210) and a school uniform (₹170). How many rupees are left for wants?
  29. 29.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a toy robot (b) medicine when ill (c) notebooks for school (d) vegetables
  30. 30.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) a schoolbag (c) toothpaste (d) a fancy phone cover
  31. 31.For Aarav, is “a remote-control car” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  32. 32.Aditya has ₹450. First Aditya pays for needs: socks (₹110) and school shoes (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
  33. 33.For Joseph, is “bus fare to school” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  34. 34.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) toothpaste (b) a toy robot (c) a new party dress (d) a third cricket bat
  35. 35.Ishaan has ₹350. First Ishaan pays for needs: school shoes (₹50) and a geometry box (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
  36. 36.For Aarav, is “a school uniform” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  37. 37.For Farhan, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  38. 38.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a bigger TV (c) a video game (d) medicine when ill
  39. 39.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) a remote-control car (c) vegetables (d) bus fare to school
  40. 40.For Ishaan, is “medicine when ill” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need

Answer key

  1. Need
  2. Want
  3. vegetables
  4. drinking water
  5. vegetables
  6. 380
  7. rice and dal
  8. 190
  9. Need
  10. a video game
  11. milk
  12. milk
  13. a new party dress
  14. 480
  15. 300
  16. rice and dal
  17. Want
  18. a schoolbag
  19. 370
  20. Need
  21. Want
  22. a schoolbag
  23. 230
  24. school shoes
  25. vegetables
  26. Want
  27. rice and dal
  28. 420
  29. a toy robot
  30. a fancy phone cover
  31. Want
  32. 240
  33. Need
  34. toothpaste
  35. 190
  36. Need
  37. Want
  38. medicine when ill
  39. a remote-control car
  40. Need

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