Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 820 · 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.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) soap (c) a school uniform (d) a bigger TV
2. 2.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) sweets every day (b) medicine when ill (c) vegetables (d) drinking water
3. 3.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a bigger TV (b) drinking water (c) a warm blanket (d) a school uniform
4. 4.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) bus fare to school (c) a warm blanket (d) extra comic books
5. 5.For Gurpreet, is “a bigger TV” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
6. 6.Farhan has ₹700. First Farhan pays for needs: socks (₹80) and a raincoat (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
7. 7.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a bigger TV (c) a remote-control car (d) vegetables
8. 8.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a video game (c) a third cricket bat (d) toothpaste
9. 9.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) notebooks for school (c) extra comic books (d) a glitter pen set
10. 10.Tara has ₹300. First Tara pays for needs: a geometry box (₹50) and a water bottle (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
11. 11.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a video game (b) bus fare to school (c) soap (d) notebooks for school
12. 12.Ananya has ₹800. First Ananya pays for needs: a lunch box (₹60) and school shoes (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
13. 13.Gurpreet has ₹400. First Gurpreet pays for needs: notebooks (₹50) and a lunch box (₹130). How many rupees are left for wants?
14. 14.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) a toy robot (c) a schoolbag (d) a raincoat
15. 15.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a glitter pen set (c) rice and dal (d) extra comic books
16. 16.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a bigger TV (c) a video game (d) drinking water
17. 17.Farhan has ₹550. First Farhan pays for needs: school shoes (₹130) and a geometry box (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
18. 18.For Zoya, is “vegetables” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
19. 19.For Manav, is “toothpaste” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
20. 20.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) a glitter pen set (c) sweets every day (d) bus fare to school
21. 21.For Rohan, is “a bigger TV” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
22. 22.Diya has ₹850. First Diya pays for needs: school shoes (₹220) and a school uniform (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
23. 23.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a fancy phone cover (c) vegetables (d) a toy robot
24. 24.For Saanvi, is “a fancy phone cover” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
25. 25.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) extra comic books (c) sweets every day (d) soap
26. 26.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) a warm blanket (c) a school uniform (d) a new party dress
27. 27.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) school shoes (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a video game
28. 28.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) a raincoat (c) rice and dal (d) a fancy phone cover
29. 29.Kabir has ₹650. First Kabir pays for needs: socks (₹120) and a water bottle (₹170). How many rupees are left for wants?
30. 30.Dev has ₹600. First Dev pays for needs: school shoes (₹90) and socks (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
31. 31.Rohan has ₹850. First Rohan pays for needs: notebooks (₹90) and a geometry box (₹180). How many rupees are left for wants?
32. 32.Isha has ₹600. First Isha pays for needs: a geometry box (₹90) and school shoes (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
33. 33.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a remote-control car (b) bus fare to school (c) a raincoat (d) drinking water
34. 34.Priya has ₹350. First Priya pays for needs: a raincoat (₹50) and a lunch box (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
35. 35.Rahul has ₹900. First Rahul pays for needs: a lunch box (₹180) and a water bottle (₹240). How many rupees are left for wants?
36. 36.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) notebooks for school (c) bus fare to school (d) sweets every day
37. 37.Farhan has ₹550. First Farhan pays for needs: school shoes (₹180) and a lunch box (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
38. 38.For Aditya, is “designer sunglasses” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
39. 39.For Lakshmi, is “a schoolbag” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
40. 40.Aditya has ₹500. First Aditya pays for needs: a raincoat (₹120) and school shoes (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?

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