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Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 818 · 40 sums
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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.

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  1. 1.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) rice and dal (c) a third cricket bat (d) a video game
  2. 2.For Sneha, is “medicine when ill” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  3. 3.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) school shoes (b) a video game (c) extra comic books (d) a remote-control car
  4. 4.For Pooja, is “medicine when ill” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  5. 5.Zoya has ₹1000. First Zoya pays for needs: notebooks (₹50) and a water bottle (₹140). How many rupees are left for wants?
  6. 6.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a new party dress (c) milk (d) a fancy phone cover
  7. 7.For Rahul, is “sweets every day” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  8. 8.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a bigger TV (b) notebooks for school (c) drinking water (d) rice and dal
  9. 9.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) a new party dress (c) milk (d) vegetables
  10. 10.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) drinking water (c) a toy robot (d) sweets every day
  11. 11.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) drinking water (c) a remote-control car (d) a sticker album
  12. 12.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) milk (c) a school uniform (d) rice and dal
  13. 13.For Saanvi, is “bus fare to school” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  14. 14.Rahul has ₹350. First Rahul pays for needs: a school uniform (₹60) and school shoes (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
  15. 15.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a remote-control car (b) medicine when ill (c) a schoolbag (d) a raincoat
  16. 16.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a schoolbag (b) a glitter pen set (c) a toy robot (d) a fancy phone cover
  17. 17.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) vegetables (c) extra comic books (d) school shoes
  18. 18.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) a warm blanket (c) a toy robot (d) a glitter pen set
  19. 19.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a glitter pen set (c) notebooks for school (d) a fancy phone cover
  20. 20.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) medicine when ill (c) a remote-control car (d) sweets every day
  21. 21.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) drinking water (c) a school uniform (d) a new party dress
  22. 22.Kabir has ₹900. First Kabir pays for needs: a school uniform (₹230) and socks (₹230). How many rupees are left for wants?
  23. 23.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a toy robot (c) extra comic books (d) a warm blanket
  24. 24.For Ananya, is “sweets every day” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  25. 25.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a school uniform (d) a glitter pen set
  26. 26.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) sweets every day (c) a school uniform (d) drinking water
  27. 27.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) drinking water (c) a sticker album (d) medicine when ill
  28. 28.For Kabir, is “bus fare to school” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  29. 29.For Aditya, is “rice and dal” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  30. 30.For Dev, is “a raincoat” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  31. 31.Diya has ₹350. First Diya pays for needs: a raincoat (₹60) and school shoes (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
  32. 32.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) a third cricket bat (c) toothpaste (d) a raincoat
  33. 33.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a bigger TV (c) drinking water (d) a fancy phone cover
  34. 34.For Nisha, is “a new party dress” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  35. 35.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) bus fare to school (c) a schoolbag (d) a bigger TV
  36. 36.For Diya, is “a bigger TV” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  37. 37.For Sneha, is “a toy robot” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  38. 38.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a glitter pen set (c) milk (d) a remote-control car
  39. 39.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) school shoes (c) a glitter pen set (d) notebooks for school
  40. 40.For Farhan, is “a remote-control car” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want

Answer key

  1. rice and dal
  2. Need
  3. school shoes
  4. Need
  5. 810
  6. milk
  7. Want
  8. a bigger TV
  9. a new party dress
  10. drinking water
  11. drinking water
  12. a fancy phone cover
  13. Need
  14. 200
  15. a remote-control car
  16. a schoolbag
  17. extra comic books
  18. a warm blanket
  19. notebooks for school
  20. medicine when ill
  21. a new party dress
  22. 440
  23. a warm blanket
  24. Want
  25. a school uniform
  26. sweets every day
  27. a sticker album
  28. Need
  29. Need
  30. Need
  31. 230
  32. a third cricket bat
  33. drinking water
  34. Want
  35. a bigger TV
  36. Want
  37. Want
  38. milk
  39. a glitter pen set
  40. Want

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