Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 784 · 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.For Pooja, is “a fancy phone cover” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
2. 2.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) medicine when ill (c) a glitter pen set (d) milk
3. 3.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a bigger TV (c) sweets every day (d) soap
4. 4.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a sticker album (b) a raincoat (c) soap (d) school shoes
5. 5.Priya has ₹450. First Priya pays for needs: a raincoat (₹140) and notebooks (₹140). How many rupees are left for wants?
6. 6.For Dev, is “rice and dal” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
7. 7.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) school shoes (c) designer sunglasses (d) rice and dal
8. 8.Aarav has ₹550. First Aarav pays for needs: a lunch box (₹60) and a water bottle (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
9. 9.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a schoolbag (b) designer sunglasses (c) a bigger TV (d) a third cricket bat
10. 10.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a school uniform (b) a bigger TV (c) sweets every day (d) a fancy phone cover
11. 11.For Vivaan, is “a raincoat” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
12. 12.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a sticker album (c) a third cricket bat (d) bus fare to school
13. 13.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) a bigger TV (c) a schoolbag (d) school shoes
14. 14.Kavya has ₹500. First Kavya pays for needs: a water bottle (₹90) and school shoes (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
15. 15.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) sweets every day (b) school shoes (c) medicine when ill (d) a warm blanket
16. 16.Nisha has ₹450. First Nisha pays for needs: a geometry box (₹150) and a water bottle (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
17. 17.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) a glitter pen set (c) bus fare to school (d) rice and dal
18. 18.For Lakshmi, is “rice and dal” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
19. 19.Ishaan has ₹600. First Ishaan pays for needs: a raincoat (₹120) and school shoes (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
20. 20.For Aditya, is “milk” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
21. 21.Karan has ₹850. First Karan pays for needs: a water bottle (₹130) and a geometry box (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
22. 22.For Kavya, is “a video game” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
23. 23.For Joseph, is “a raincoat” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
24. 24.Aarav has ₹400. First Aarav pays for needs: school shoes (₹90) and socks (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
25. 25.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a new party dress (b) vegetables (c) soap (d) rice and dal
26. 26.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) notebooks for school (c) designer sunglasses (d) a remote-control car
27. 27.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) rice and dal (c) a new party dress (d) soap
28. 28.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) toothpaste (b) sweets every day (c) a third cricket bat (d) extra comic books
29. 29.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) soap (c) rice and dal (d) a school uniform
30. 30.For Kavya, is “designer sunglasses” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
31. 31.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a glitter pen set (c) bus fare to school (d) a third cricket bat
32. 32.For Arjun, is “rice and dal” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
33. 33.For Karan, is “notebooks for school” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
34. 34.Ananya has ₹400. First Ananya pays for needs: notebooks (₹120) and a water bottle (₹130). How many rupees are left for wants?
35. 35.For Joseph, is “school shoes” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
36. 36.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) medicine when ill (b) a bigger TV (c) designer sunglasses (d) a video game
37. 37.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) sweets every day (c) a video game (d) milk
38. 38.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a video game (c) a schoolbag (d) sweets every day
39. 39.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a warm blanket (c) rice and dal (d) notebooks for school
40. 40.Arjun has ₹600. First Arjun pays for needs: a school uniform (₹140) and a raincoat (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?

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