Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 766 · 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.Saanvi has ₹300. First Saanvi pays for needs: a lunch box (₹90) and a raincoat (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
2. 2.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) a warm blanket (c) a third cricket bat (d) notebooks for school
3. 3.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) school shoes (c) milk (d) a toy robot
4. 4.For Rahul, is “soap” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
5. 5.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) notebooks for school (c) sweets every day (d) a school uniform
6. 6.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a sticker album (c) medicine when ill (d) a remote-control car
7. 7.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a warm blanket (b) a new party dress (c) a toy robot (d) a bigger TV
8. 8.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) a glitter pen set (c) soap (d) a remote-control car
9. 9.For Aarav, is “a glitter pen set” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
10. 10.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) a schoolbag (c) a school uniform (d) sweets every day
11. 11.Arjun has ₹800. First Arjun pays for needs: school shoes (₹220) and a school uniform (₹260). How many rupees are left for wants?
12. 12.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) vegetables (b) a glitter pen set (c) a remote-control car (d) a video game
13. 13.Rohan has ₹850. First Rohan pays for needs: notebooks (₹170) and a water bottle (₹260). How many rupees are left for wants?
14. 14.Kavya has ₹650. First Kavya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹80) and school shoes (₹200). How many rupees are left for wants?
15. 15.For Zoya, is “a bigger TV” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
16. 16.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) milk (c) a sticker album (d) a fancy phone cover
17. 17.Isha has ₹900. First Isha pays for needs: school shoes (₹290) and a geometry box (₹200). How many rupees are left for wants?
18. 18.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) notebooks for school (c) a glitter pen set (d) a toy robot
19. 19.For Saanvi, is “milk” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
20. 20.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) milk (b) a glitter pen set (c) a third cricket bat (d) a new party dress
21. 21.For Meera, is “a toy robot” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
22. 22.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) a video game (c) vegetables (d) drinking water
23. 23.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a bigger TV (c) designer sunglasses (d) vegetables
24. 24.Arjun has ₹400. First Arjun pays for needs: a geometry box (₹130) and a school uniform (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
25. 25.Tara has ₹350. First Tara pays for needs: socks (₹110) and a water bottle (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
26. 26.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a remote-control car (c) extra comic books (d) vegetables
27. 27.Farhan has ₹450. First Farhan pays for needs: school shoes (₹80) and a school uniform (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
28. 28.For Aarav, is “a video game” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
29. 29.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) milk (c) a remote-control car (d) rice and dal
30. 30.For Manav, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
31. 31.Aarav has ₹450. First Aarav pays for needs: a school uniform (₹140) and a raincoat (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
32. 32.For Sneha, is “school shoes” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
33. 33.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) rice and dal (b) a bigger TV (c) a third cricket bat (d) a glitter pen set
34. 34.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a remote-control car (c) a fancy phone cover (d) rice and dal
35. 35.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) a warm blanket (c) school shoes (d) a sticker album
36. 36.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) rice and dal (c) toothpaste (d) extra comic books
37. 37.Sneha has ₹900. First Sneha pays for needs: socks (₹120) and a geometry box (₹290). How many rupees are left for wants?
38. 38.For Ananya, is “rice and dal” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
39. 39.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) medicine when ill (c) sweets every day (d) drinking water
40. 40.For Kabir, is “milk” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need

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