Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 816 · 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.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) medicine when ill (c) a remote-control car (d) a fancy phone cover
2. 2.Priya has ₹300. First Priya pays for needs: a lunch box (₹70) and a school uniform (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
3. 3.For Manav, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
4. 4.Sneha has ₹500. First Sneha pays for needs: school shoes (₹140) and a water bottle (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
5. 5.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) a schoolbag (c) vegetables (d) a fancy phone cover
6. 6.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a bigger TV (c) a warm blanket (d) a toy robot
7. 7.For Kavya, is “sweets every day” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
8. 8.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) sweets every day (c) a remote-control car (d) notebooks for school
9. 9.For Diya, is “bus fare to school” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
10. 10.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) bus fare to school (c) a warm blanket (d) a fancy phone cover
11. 11.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a bigger TV (b) a warm blanket (c) toothpaste (d) a school uniform
12. 12.For Riya, is “school shoes” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
13. 13.Zoya has ₹850. First Zoya pays for needs: socks (₹110) and school shoes (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?
14. 14.Zoya has ₹1000. First Zoya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹270) and notebooks (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
15. 15.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) a bigger TV (c) a schoolbag (d) milk
16. 16.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) designer sunglasses (c) a school uniform (d) a sticker album
17. 17.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a toy robot (c) a third cricket bat (d) a schoolbag
18. 18.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) a video game (c) soap (d) school shoes
19. 19.Rahul has ₹550. First Rahul pays for needs: a lunch box (₹120) and school shoes (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
20. 20.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) a warm blanket (c) a raincoat (d) a new party dress
21. 21.Meera has ₹450. First Meera pays for needs: a lunch box (₹80) and socks (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?
22. 22.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) a fancy phone cover (c) school shoes (d) a toy robot
23. 23.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a school uniform (c) a glitter pen set (d) sweets every day
24. 24.Isha has ₹300. First Isha pays for needs: school shoes (₹70) and a school uniform (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
25. 25.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a third cricket bat (c) a video game (d) vegetables
26. 26.For Sneha, is “a new party dress” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
27. 27.Arjun has ₹400. First Arjun pays for needs: school shoes (₹70) and a geometry box (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?
28. 28.Joseph has ₹750. First Joseph pays for needs: school shoes (₹70) and a water bottle (₹180). How many rupees are left for wants?
29. 29.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) bus fare to school (b) a third cricket bat (c) a new party dress (d) a remote-control car
30. 30.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a raincoat (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a glitter pen set
31. 31.Aditya has ₹600. First Aditya pays for needs: a geometry box (₹150) and school shoes (₹170). How many rupees are left for wants?
32. 32.For Karan, is “notebooks for school” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
33. 33.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) bus fare to school (c) sweets every day (d) a glitter pen set
34. 34.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) designer sunglasses (c) a sticker album (d) milk
35. 35.For Ishaan, is “school shoes” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
36. 36.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) a school uniform (c) extra comic books (d) a warm blanket
37. 37.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a bigger TV (c) a glitter pen set (d) toothpaste
38. 38.For Tara, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
39. 39.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) a schoolbag (c) a bigger TV (d) drinking water
40. 40.For Joseph, is “school shoes” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want

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