Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 738 · 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.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) a warm blanket (c) milk (d) a video game
2. 2.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) milk (c) extra comic books (d) a school uniform
3. 3.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) a warm blanket (c) a raincoat (d) extra comic books
4. 4.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a raincoat (b) extra comic books (c) a third cricket bat (d) a fancy phone cover
5. 5.Kabir has ₹700. First Kabir pays for needs: a raincoat (₹140) and a geometry box (₹190). How many rupees are left for wants?
6. 6.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a sticker album (c) milk (d) sweets every day
7. 7.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) medicine when ill (c) school shoes (d) a sticker album
8. 8.For Farhan, is “a glitter pen set” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
9. 9.For Priya, is “milk” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
10. 10.For Diya, is “a school uniform” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
11. 11.Aditya has ₹400. First Aditya pays for needs: a geometry box (₹50) and a school uniform (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
12. 12.Diya has ₹350. First Diya pays for needs: socks (₹50) and notebooks (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
13. 13.For Rohan, is “sweets every day” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
14. 14.Priya has ₹600. First Priya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹170) and a raincoat (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
15. 15.Aarav has ₹650. First Aarav pays for needs: a water bottle (₹60) and socks (₹170). How many rupees are left for wants?
16. 16.For Ananya, is “a toy robot” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
17. 17.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) drinking water (c) a school uniform (d) sweets every day
18. 18.For Rohan, is “milk” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
19. 19.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a new party dress (c) notebooks for school (d) sweets every day
20. 20.Rahul has ₹550. First Rahul pays for needs: a raincoat (₹170) and a school uniform (₹180). How many rupees are left for wants?
21. 21.For Vivaan, is “a new party dress” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
22. 22.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) rice and dal (c) a new party dress (d) a video game
23. 23.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) soap (c) school shoes (d) rice and dal
24. 24.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) medicine when ill (c) drinking water (d) a toy robot
25. 25.For Nisha, is “soap” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
26. 26.Aditya has ₹1000. First Aditya pays for needs: a lunch box (₹130) and notebooks (₹220). How many rupees are left for wants?
27. 27.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a video game (d) drinking water
28. 28.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a video game (b) soap (c) notebooks for school (d) vegetables
29. 29.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) a raincoat (c) a school uniform (d) a sticker album
30. 30.For Nisha, is “bus fare to school” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
31. 31.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) a glitter pen set (c) notebooks for school (d) vegetables
32. 32.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a third cricket bat (c) rice and dal (d) a fancy phone cover
33. 33.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) medicine when ill (c) school shoes (d) a fancy phone cover
34. 34.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a toy robot (c) soap (d) a remote-control car
35. 35.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a fancy phone cover (c) medicine when ill (d) a remote-control car
36. 36.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) a bigger TV (c) rice and dal (d) a raincoat
37. 37.Meera has ₹400. First Meera pays for needs: socks (₹90) and school shoes (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
38. 38.For Gurpreet, is “a remote-control car” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
39. 39.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) rice and dal (c) a remote-control car (d) toothpaste
40. 40.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) rice and dal (c) a schoolbag (d) a toy robot

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