Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 761 · 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) drinking water (b) a schoolbag (c) milk (d) a third cricket bat
2. 2.For Zoya, is “a fancy phone cover” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
3. 3.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a new party dress (c) extra comic books (d) drinking water
4. 4.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) a remote-control car (c) bus fare to school (d) school shoes
5. 5.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) designer sunglasses (c) a warm blanket (d) a school uniform
6. 6.Kavya has ₹650. First Kavya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹150) and socks (₹170). How many rupees are left for wants?
7. 7.Gurpreet has ₹300. First Gurpreet pays for needs: notebooks (₹60) and a raincoat (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
8. 8.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) notebooks for school (b) a third cricket bat (c) extra comic books (d) a video game
9. 9.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) bus fare to school (c) a sticker album (d) designer sunglasses
10. 10.For Rohan, is “a bigger TV” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
11. 11.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) milk (b) a toy robot (c) sweets every day (d) a bigger TV
12. 12.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a toy robot (c) a remote-control car (d) a raincoat
13. 13.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a bigger TV (c) medicine when ill (d) a remote-control car
14. 14.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a school uniform (b) a glitter pen set (c) a third cricket bat (d) designer sunglasses
15. 15.Rohan has ₹800. First Rohan pays for needs: a school uniform (₹150) and notebooks (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
16. 16.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) a third cricket bat (c) rice and dal (d) a warm blanket
17. 17.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) bus fare to school (c) notebooks for school (d) a sticker album
18. 18.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) a toy robot (c) a school uniform (d) drinking water
19. 19.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) notebooks for school (c) sweets every day (d) a fancy phone cover
20. 20.Karan has ₹500. First Karan pays for needs: school shoes (₹90) and a water bottle (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
21. 21.Sneha has ₹400. First Sneha pays for needs: notebooks (₹110) and a raincoat (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
22. 22.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) sweets every day (c) a bigger TV (d) bus fare to school
23. 23.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a schoolbag (b) a bigger TV (c) sweets every day (d) a third cricket bat
24. 24.Riya has ₹400. First Riya pays for needs: a geometry box (₹60) and a water bottle (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
25. 25.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) a third cricket bat (c) drinking water (d) a schoolbag
26. 26.Ananya has ₹950. First Ananya pays for needs: school shoes (₹270) and a school uniform (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?
27. 27.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a new party dress (b) notebooks for school (c) medicine when ill (d) a raincoat
28. 28.Rahul has ₹350. First Rahul pays for needs: school shoes (₹100) and a geometry box (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
29. 29.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) extra comic books (c) sweets every day (d) milk
30. 30.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a warm blanket (b) a new party dress (c) a remote-control car (d) a video game
31. 31.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) vegetables (c) a toy robot (d) a bigger TV
32. 32.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) a raincoat (c) rice and dal (d) a remote-control car
33. 33.For Rohan, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
34. 34.Saanvi has ₹900. First Saanvi pays for needs: a raincoat (₹230) and socks (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
35. 35.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a bigger TV (c) medicine when ill (d) designer sunglasses
36. 36.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) school shoes (c) bus fare to school (d) a bigger TV
37. 37.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a bigger TV (c) a new party dress (d) drinking water
38. 38.For Priya, is “a new party dress” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
39. 39.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) notebooks for school (c) vegetables (d) designer sunglasses
40. 40.Riya has ₹300. First Riya pays for needs: a lunch box (₹60) and a raincoat (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?

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