Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 824 · 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.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a sticker album (c) a third cricket bat (d) soap
2. 2.Joseph has ₹650. First Joseph pays for needs: a lunch box (₹100) and notebooks (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
3. 3.For Saanvi, is “a new party dress” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
4. 4.Aditya has ₹350. First Aditya pays for needs: notebooks (₹60) and socks (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
5. 5.Kavya has ₹900. First Kavya pays for needs: socks (₹280) and notebooks (₹270). How many rupees are left for wants?
6. 6.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) medicine when ill (c) school shoes (d) a third cricket bat
7. 7.Zoya has ₹400. First Zoya pays for needs: a water bottle (₹90) and a raincoat (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?
8. 8.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) sweets every day (b) vegetables (c) a schoolbag (d) rice and dal
9. 9.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a warm blanket (c) a new party dress (d) a toy robot
10. 10.For Ishaan, is “sweets every day” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
11. 11.For Rohan, is “bus fare to school” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
12. 12.For Manav, is “extra comic books” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
13. 13.For Aditya, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
14. 14.Karan has ₹400. First Karan pays for needs: school shoes (₹70) and a water bottle (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
15. 15.Tara has ₹650. First Tara pays for needs: a water bottle (₹140) and school shoes (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
16. 16.Nisha has ₹500. First Nisha pays for needs: socks (₹150) and a school uniform (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
17. 17.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a school uniform (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a new party dress
18. 18.Arjun has ₹500. First Arjun pays for needs: school shoes (₹50) and a water bottle (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
19. 19.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) a sticker album (c) notebooks for school (d) designer sunglasses
20. 20.For Tara, is “a remote-control car” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
21. 21.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) a warm blanket (c) notebooks for school (d) sweets every day
22. 22.Nisha has ₹500. First Nisha pays for needs: a raincoat (₹70) and school shoes (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
23. 23.Zoya has ₹400. First Zoya pays for needs: a water bottle (₹50) and a geometry box (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
24. 24.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) sweets every day (c) medicine when ill (d) rice and dal
25. 25.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) bus fare to school (c) milk (d) a toy robot
26. 26.For Manav, is “a new party dress” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
27. 27.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) rice and dal (c) a third cricket bat (d) medicine when ill
28. 28.Pooja has ₹700. First Pooja pays for needs: a geometry box (₹180) and school shoes (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
29. 29.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) rice and dal (c) a toy robot (d) a video game
30. 30.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) school shoes (c) a new party dress (d) a sticker album
31. 31.Isha has ₹650. First Isha pays for needs: a raincoat (₹150) and school shoes (₹180). How many rupees are left for wants?
32. 32.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) extra comic books (c) soap (d) a remote-control car
33. 33.For Isha, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
34. 34.Kavya has ₹600. First Kavya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹70) and a water bottle (₹180). How many rupees are left for wants?
35. 35.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) a sticker album (c) bus fare to school (d) medicine when ill
36. 36.For Aarav, is “medicine when ill” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
37. 37.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a video game (c) a fancy phone cover (d) soap
38. 38.For Arjun, is “a new party dress” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
39. 39.Manav has ₹650. First Manav pays for needs: socks (₹210) and school shoes (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
40. 40.For Vivaan, is “a bigger TV” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need

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