Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 800 · 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 is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a third cricket bat (c) medicine when ill (d) a video game
2. 2.For Arjun, is “toothpaste” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
3. 3.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) rice and dal (c) a remote-control car (d) milk
4. 4.For Karan, is “extra comic books” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
5. 5.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) a new party dress (c) rice and dal (d) milk
6. 6.Aditya has ₹350. First Aditya pays for needs: a geometry box (₹50) and a school uniform (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
7. 7.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) bus fare to school (c) a third cricket bat (d) soap
8. 8.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a sticker album (c) drinking water (d) a video game
9. 9.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) extra comic books (c) rice and dal (d) drinking water
10. 10.For Rahul, is “vegetables” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
11. 11.For Kavya, is “milk” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
12. 12.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) a raincoat (c) a schoolbag (d) designer sunglasses
13. 13.For Arjun, is “soap” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
14. 14.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) a schoolbag (c) extra comic books (d) a school uniform
15. 15.For Tara, is “a new party dress” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
16. 16.For Riya, is “a new party dress” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
17. 17.For Rahul, is “a remote-control car” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
18. 18.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a video game (c) bus fare to school (d) a remote-control car
19. 19.Dev 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) rice and dal
20. 20.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) drinking water (c) school shoes (d) extra comic books
21. 21.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) school shoes (c) designer sunglasses (d) extra comic books
22. 22.For Rohan, is “a sticker album” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
23. 23.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) designer sunglasses (c) a video game (d) medicine when ill
24. 24.Kavya has ₹1000. First Kavya pays for needs: a lunch box (₹270) and a raincoat (₹330). How many rupees are left for wants?
25. 25.Farhan has ₹400. First Farhan pays for needs: notebooks (₹90) and a school uniform (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
26. 26.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) rice and dal (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a video game
27. 27.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) extra comic books (b) school shoes (c) notebooks for school (d) milk
28. 28.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) a raincoat (c) a remote-control car (d) drinking water
29. 29.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) a third cricket bat (c) bus fare to school (d) vegetables
30. 30.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) designer sunglasses (c) a raincoat (d) a fancy phone cover
31. 31.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) sweets every day (c) a glitter pen set (d) medicine when ill
32. 32.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a third cricket bat (d) toothpaste
33. 33.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) sweets every day (c) a video game (d) rice and dal
34. 34.For Riya, is “a remote-control car” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
35. 35.For Manav, is “a video game” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
36. 36.For Pooja, is “milk” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
37. 37.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) milk (c) a new party dress (d) toothpaste
38. 38.For Saanvi, is “a new party dress” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
39. 39.Aarav has ₹550. First Aarav pays for needs: a lunch box (₹80) and school shoes (₹170). How many rupees are left for wants?
40. 40.Priya has ₹650. First Priya pays for needs: a water bottle (₹200) and a raincoat (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?

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