Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 771 · 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) school shoes (b) drinking water (c) a new party dress (d) toothpaste
2. 2.Sneha has ₹1000. First Sneha pays for needs: a raincoat (₹220) and school shoes (₹160). How many rupees are left for wants?
3. 3.For Sneha, is “medicine when ill” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
4. 4.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a fancy phone cover (c) vegetables (d) a toy robot
5. 5.For Aarav, is “sweets every day” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
6. 6.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) sweets every day (b) a schoolbag (c) soap (d) toothpaste
7. 7.For Isha, is “soap” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
8. 8.For Farhan, is “a fancy phone cover” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
9. 9.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) school shoes (c) bus fare to school (d) designer sunglasses
10. 10.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) medicine when ill (c) a schoolbag (d) a toy robot
11. 11.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) soap (c) a bigger TV (d) a glitter pen set
12. 12.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a fancy phone cover (c) sweets every day (d) a raincoat
13. 13.For Kabir, is “medicine when ill” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
14. 14.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) school shoes (c) medicine when ill (d) a sticker album
15. 15.For Aarav, is “a new party dress” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
16. 16.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) drinking water (c) a sticker album (d) milk
17. 17.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) a toy robot (c) milk (d) soap
18. 18.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) a remote-control car (c) school shoes (d) a raincoat
19. 19.Lakshmi has ₹700. First Lakshmi pays for needs: a water bottle (₹60) and notebooks (₹210). How many rupees are left for wants?
20. 20.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a bigger TV (c) a new party dress (d) milk
21. 21.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a warm blanket (c) designer sunglasses (d) a bigger TV
22. 22.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a sticker album (b) drinking water (c) soap (d) school shoes
23. 23.Gurpreet has ₹900. First Gurpreet pays for needs: school shoes (₹210) and a lunch box (₹190). How many rupees are left for wants?
24. 24.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a sticker album (b) bus fare to school (c) soap (d) a school uniform
25. 25.Saanvi has ₹750. First Saanvi pays for needs: notebooks (₹50) and a raincoat (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?
26. 26.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) toothpaste (c) a video game (d) school shoes
27. 27.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) vegetables (c) a glitter pen set (d) a schoolbag
28. 28.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) bus fare to school (c) rice and dal (d) a toy robot
29. 29.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a remote-control car (c) a video game (d) bus fare to school
30. 30.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a new party dress (b) vegetables (c) a school uniform (d) soap
31. 31.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) sweets every day (c) drinking water (d) a glitter pen set
32. 32.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a toy robot (c) a bigger TV (d) school shoes
33. 33.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) sweets every day (c) a fancy phone cover (d) vegetables
34. 34.For Aarav, is “notebooks for school” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
35. 35.For Manav, is “a glitter pen set” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
36. 36.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) drinking water (b) a sticker album (c) a glitter pen set (d) a video game
37. 37.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) toothpaste (c) a video game (d) extra comic books
38. 38.For Pooja, is “a video game” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
39. 39.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) soap (b) a third cricket bat (c) a fancy phone cover (d) sweets every day
40. 40.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) bus fare to school (c) sweets every day (d) milk

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