Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 762 · 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) a bigger TV (b) milk (c) vegetables (d) drinking water
2. 2.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) milk (c) a video game (d) a sticker album
3. 3.Manav has ₹700. First Manav pays for needs: a school uniform (₹200) and notebooks (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
4. 4.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) sweets every day (c) drinking water (d) a video game
5. 5.Ananya has ₹750. First Ananya pays for needs: notebooks (₹240) and socks (₹220). How many rupees are left for wants?
6. 6.Ishaan has ₹900. First Ishaan pays for needs: school shoes (₹240) and a raincoat (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?
7. 7.Manav has ₹350. First Manav pays for needs: a geometry box (₹60) and a raincoat (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
8. 8.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a toy robot (b) milk (c) a warm blanket (d) medicine when ill
9. 9.For Manav, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
10. 10.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) rice and dal (c) a third cricket bat (d) extra comic books
11. 11.For Meera, is “a school uniform” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
12. 12.Dev has ₹800. First Dev pays for needs: a school uniform (₹160) and a raincoat (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
13. 13.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) medicine when ill (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a remote-control car
14. 14.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) soap (c) a video game (d) a fancy phone cover
15. 15.For Arjun, is “toothpaste” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
16. 16.For Rahul, is “a fancy phone cover” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
17. 17.Kabir has ₹750. First Kabir pays for needs: school shoes (₹200) and notebooks (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
18. 18.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) a toy robot (c) vegetables (d) notebooks for school
19. 19.For Aditya, is “a warm blanket” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
20. 20.For Karan, is “soap” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
21. 21.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) drinking water (c) a school uniform (d) a bigger TV
22. 22.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) medicine when ill (c) rice and dal (d) sweets every day
23. 23.Diya has ₹800. First Diya pays for needs: a lunch box (₹150) and a raincoat (₹170). How many rupees are left for wants?
24. 24.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a raincoat (b) a remote-control car (c) a video game (d) a fancy phone cover
25. 25.Arjun has ₹850. First Arjun pays for needs: a raincoat (₹170) and a geometry box (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
26. 26.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a video game (c) a remote-control car (d) medicine when ill
27. 27.Aditya has ₹400. First Aditya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹120) and a water bottle (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
28. 28.For Nisha, is “a toy robot” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
29. 29.For Meera, is “a new party dress” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
30. 30.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) a glitter pen set (c) a raincoat (d) a new party dress
31. 31.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) vegetables (c) extra comic books (d) a sticker album
32. 32.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) notebooks for school (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a schoolbag
33. 33.For Kavya, is “a toy robot” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
34. 34.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) sweets every day (b) a school uniform (c) a schoolbag (d) school shoes
35. 35.For Arjun, is “a fancy phone cover” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
36. 36.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) a school uniform (c) medicine when ill (d) a remote-control car
37. 37.Rahul has ₹700. First Rahul pays for needs: school shoes (₹170) and notebooks (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
38. 38.Kavya has ₹400. First Kavya pays for needs: a water bottle (₹110) and a school uniform (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
39. 39.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) medicine when ill (c) a toy robot (d) extra comic books
40. 40.For Aarav, is “toothpaste” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need

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