Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 770 · 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.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) notebooks for school (c) soap (d) sweets every day
2. 2.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) vegetables (c) a glitter pen set (d) a raincoat
3. 3.Sneha has ₹600. First Sneha pays for needs: notebooks (₹190) and a school uniform (₹170). How many rupees are left for wants?
4. 4.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) notebooks for school (c) sweets every day (d) bus fare to school
5. 5.For Meera, is “a remote-control car” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
6. 6.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) designer sunglasses (c) drinking water (d) a bigger TV
7. 7.For Nisha, is “medicine when ill” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
8. 8.Karan has ₹600. First Karan pays for needs: socks (₹180) and notebooks (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
9. 9.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) rice and dal (c) a video game (d) a third cricket bat
10. 10.For Gurpreet, is “a toy robot” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
11. 11.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) designer sunglasses (b) bus fare to school (c) school shoes (d) a warm blanket
12. 12.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) a school uniform (c) a raincoat (d) a video game
13. 13.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) a third cricket bat (c) medicine when ill (d) a raincoat
14. 14.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) bus fare to school (c) a warm blanket (d) a toy robot
15. 15.For Dev, is “soap” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
16. 16.Arjun has ₹500. First Arjun pays for needs: a raincoat (₹140) and a geometry box (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
17. 17.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) sweets every day (c) a remote-control car (d) drinking water
18. 18.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) a raincoat (c) a warm blanket (d) a fancy phone cover
19. 19.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) medicine when ill (c) a sticker album (d) a third cricket bat
20. 20.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) drinking water (c) a warm blanket (d) a remote-control car
21. 21.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) medicine when ill (c) a warm blanket (d) a sticker album
22. 22.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) rice and dal (b) designer sunglasses (c) sweets every day (d) a third cricket bat
23. 23.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) a school uniform (c) soap (d) a sticker album
24. 24.Sneha has ₹900. First Sneha pays for needs: a lunch box (₹60) and school shoes (₹220). How many rupees are left for wants?
25. 25.For Diya, is “extra comic books” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
26. 26.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) a toy robot (c) a school uniform (d) toothpaste
27. 27.Rohan has ₹500. First Rohan pays for needs: a school uniform (₹130) and socks (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?
28. 28.Arjun has ₹500. First Arjun pays for needs: school shoes (₹50) and a geometry box (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
29. 29.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) bus fare to school (c) a new party dress (d) a video game
30. 30.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) bus fare to school (c) designer sunglasses (d) a bigger TV
31. 31.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) a schoolbag (c) notebooks for school (d) extra comic books
32. 32.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) school shoes (c) a raincoat (d) a video game
33. 33.Nisha has ₹500. First Nisha pays for needs: school shoes (₹120) and a water bottle (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
34. 34.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a schoolbag (b) extra comic books (c) a sticker album (d) a glitter pen set
35. 35.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a new party dress (c) a fancy phone cover (d) school shoes
36. 36.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) medicine when ill (c) a schoolbag (d) a new party dress
37. 37.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) sweets every day (c) a warm blanket (d) a third cricket bat
38. 38.For Rohan, is “a warm blanket” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
39. 39.For Joseph, is “a schoolbag” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
40. 40.Diya has ₹800. First Diya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹100) and school shoes (₹210). How many rupees are left for wants?

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