Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 734 · 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.For Zoya, is “extra comic books” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
2. 2.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) a video game (c) soap (d) milk
3. 3.For Sneha, is “a remote-control car” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
4. 4.For Isha, is “a school uniform” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
5. 5.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) school shoes (b) a remote-control car (c) a bigger TV (d) a new party dress
6. 6.Joseph has ₹300. First Joseph pays for needs: a lunch box (₹100) and a geometry box (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
7. 7.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a remote-control car (c) a video game (d) milk
8. 8.Farhan has ₹750. First Farhan pays for needs: a school uniform (₹140) and a geometry box (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
9. 9.For Vivaan, is “a video game” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
10. 10.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) notebooks for school (c) sweets every day (d) a schoolbag
11. 11.For Riya, is “extra comic books” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
12. 12.Rahul has ₹900. First Rahul pays for needs: notebooks (₹240) and a school uniform (₹290). How many rupees are left for wants?
13. 13.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a new party dress (c) soap (d) a remote-control car
14. 14.Diya has ₹700. First Diya pays for needs: notebooks (₹140) and a raincoat (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
15. 15.Zoya has ₹450. First Zoya pays for needs: a geometry box (₹140) and notebooks (₹140). How many rupees are left for wants?
16. 16.For Aarav, is “a warm blanket” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
17. 17.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) sweets every day (b) notebooks for school (c) a schoolbag (d) a raincoat
18. 18.Kavya has ₹900. First Kavya pays for needs: a water bottle (₹260) and a school uniform (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?
19. 19.Gurpreet has ₹500. First Gurpreet pays for needs: a raincoat (₹130) and a lunch box (₹130). How many rupees are left for wants?
20. 20.Diya has ₹750. First Diya pays for needs: notebooks (₹130) and socks (₹250). How many rupees are left for wants?
21. 21.Tara has ₹750. First Tara pays for needs: a school uniform (₹140) and notebooks (₹130). How many rupees are left for wants?
22. 22.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) designer sunglasses (c) drinking water (d) vegetables
23. 23.For Kabir, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
24. 24.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a third cricket bat (b) notebooks for school (c) vegetables (d) a schoolbag
25. 25.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) a new party dress (c) bus fare to school (d) a raincoat
26. 26.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) a schoolbag (c) rice and dal (d) a remote-control car
27. 27.Nisha has ₹500. First Nisha pays for needs: school shoes (₹140) and a school uniform (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
28. 28.Gurpreet has ₹450. First Gurpreet pays for needs: school shoes (₹100) and notebooks (₹140). How many rupees are left for wants?
29. 29.For Saanvi, is “a toy robot” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
30. 30.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a glitter pen set (c) bus fare to school (d) a video game
31. 31.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a video game (c) a remote-control car (d) drinking water
32. 32.Diya has ₹950. First Diya pays for needs: a water bottle (₹160) and a lunch box (₹220). How many rupees are left for wants?
33. 33.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) bus fare to school (c) vegetables (d) a fancy phone cover
34. 34.Riya has ₹550. First Riya pays for needs: school shoes (₹160) and a lunch box (₹180). How many rupees are left for wants?
35. 35.Priya has ₹800. First Priya pays for needs: a geometry box (₹170) and school shoes (₹170). How many rupees are left for wants?
36. 36.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a new party dress (c) a third cricket bat (d) school shoes
37. 37.Priya has ₹950. First Priya pays for needs: a geometry box (₹290) and notebooks (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
38. 38.For Dev, is “school shoes” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
39. 39.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a toy robot (c) vegetables (d) a sticker album
40. 40.For Farhan, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want

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