Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 778 · 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.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) notebooks for school (c) rice and dal (d) a fancy phone cover
2. 2.Pooja has ₹1000. First Pooja pays for needs: a lunch box (₹130) and a geometry box (₹170). How many rupees are left for wants?
3. 3.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) notebooks for school (c) extra comic books (d) a remote-control car
4. 4.Pooja has ₹450. First Pooja pays for needs: a geometry box (₹100) and a school uniform (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
5. 5.Farhan has ₹300. First Farhan pays for needs: a geometry box (₹70) and a lunch box (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
6. 6.For Kavya, is “a sticker album” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
7. 7.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) a sticker album (c) a school uniform (d) toothpaste
8. 8.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) a warm blanket (c) rice and dal (d) a glitter pen set
9. 9.Aarav has ₹1000. First Aarav pays for needs: a school uniform (₹140) and a lunch box (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
10. 10.For Kavya, is “bus fare to school” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
11. 11.Riya has ₹350. First Riya pays for needs: a lunch box (₹80) and notebooks (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
12. 12.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) a warm blanket (c) a video game (d) toothpaste
13. 13.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) medicine when ill (c) a raincoat (d) a third cricket bat
14. 14.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a toy robot (c) a new party dress (d) milk
15. 15.Farhan has ₹500. First Farhan pays for needs: a raincoat (₹70) and socks (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
16. 16.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a toy robot (c) school shoes (d) a bigger TV
17. 17.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) toothpaste (c) sweets every day (d) extra comic books
18. 18.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) medicine when ill (c) soap (d) a bigger TV
19. 19.Ananya has ₹450. First Ananya pays for needs: a raincoat (₹70) and a lunch box (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
20. 20.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) soap (c) medicine when ill (d) a toy robot
21. 21.For Aditya, is “vegetables” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
22. 22.Ananya has ₹400. First Ananya pays for needs: school shoes (₹80) and notebooks (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
23. 23.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) vegetables (c) extra comic books (d) bus fare to school
24. 24.Ishaan has ₹1000. First Ishaan pays for needs: school shoes (₹290) and a school uniform (₹280). How many rupees are left for wants?
25. 25.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) rice and dal (c) sweets every day (d) school shoes
26. 26.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a new party dress (b) drinking water (c) school shoes (d) toothpaste
27. 27.For Zoya, is “a school uniform” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
28. 28.Saanvi has ₹1000. First Saanvi pays for needs: a geometry box (₹220) and a water bottle (₹230). How many rupees are left for wants?
29. 29.Pooja has ₹950. First Pooja pays for needs: notebooks (₹170) and a geometry box (₹250). How many rupees are left for wants?
30. 30.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) a video game (c) school shoes (d) medicine when ill
31. 31.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) school shoes (c) a sticker album (d) a bigger TV
32. 32.Manav has ₹500. First Manav pays for needs: notebooks (₹150) and socks (₹130). How many rupees are left for wants?
33. 33.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) a remote-control car (c) bus fare to school (d) a schoolbag
34. 34.For Vivaan, is “a raincoat” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
35. 35.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) a glitter pen set (c) a warm blanket (d) drinking water
36. 36.Arjun has ₹550. First Arjun pays for needs: a raincoat (₹80) and a geometry box (₹180). How many rupees are left for wants?
37. 37.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) milk (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a new party dress
38. 38.Pooja has ₹850. First Pooja pays for needs: a water bottle (₹110) and notebooks (₹180). How many rupees are left for wants?
39. 39.For Joseph, is “notebooks for school” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
40. 40.Saanvi has ₹450. First Saanvi pays for needs: a school uniform (₹130) and notebooks (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?

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