Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 83 · 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.For Manav, is “a bigger TV” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
2. 2.For Lakshmi, is “sweets every day” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
3. 3.Meera has ₹500. First Meera pays for needs: a water bottle (₹110) and a geometry box (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
4. 4.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) a bigger TV (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a schoolbag
5. 5.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) school shoes (c) a new party dress (d) medicine when ill
6. 6.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a video game (c) vegetables (d) a new party dress
7. 7.Vivaan has ₹350. First Vivaan pays for needs: socks (₹70) and school shoes (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
8. 8.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a sticker album (b) soap (c) a schoolbag (d) notebooks for school
9. 9.Vivaan has ₹900. First Vivaan pays for needs: socks (₹230) and school shoes (₹240). How many rupees are left for wants?
10. 10.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a new party dress (c) toothpaste (d) extra comic books
11. 11.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a schoolbag (b) a toy robot (c) a remote-control car (d) sweets every day
12. 12.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) a warm blanket (c) a glitter pen set (d) school shoes
13. 13.For Diya, is “a bigger TV” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
14. 14.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) rice and dal (c) a bigger TV (d) milk
15. 15.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) drinking water (c) notebooks for school (d) a sticker album
16. 16.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) toothpaste (c) a glitter pen set (d) bus fare to school
17. 17.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) a third cricket bat (c) drinking water (d) notebooks for school
18. 18.For Nisha, is “a school uniform” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
19. 19.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) school shoes (c) soap (d) sweets every day
20. 20.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) toothpaste (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a video game
21. 21.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) drinking water (c) a raincoat (d) sweets every day
22. 22.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) toothpaste (c) school shoes (d) extra comic books
23. 23.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) sweets every day (c) a glitter pen set (d) a raincoat
24. 24.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a glitter pen set (c) extra comic books (d) school shoes
25. 25.Nisha has ₹800. First Nisha pays for needs: a raincoat (₹230) and a school uniform (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?
26. 26.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) vegetables (c) drinking water (d) a bigger TV
27. 27.Kabir has ₹750. First Kabir pays for needs: a water bottle (₹230) and a geometry box (₹190). How many rupees are left for wants?
28. 28.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) rice and dal (c) a video game (d) a warm blanket
29. 29.For Arjun, is “a remote-control car” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
30. 30.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a bigger TV (d) bus fare to school
31. 31.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a raincoat (c) a warm blanket (d) vegetables
32. 32.For Ananya, is “medicine when ill” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
33. 33.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a sticker album (c) a new party dress (d) rice and dal
34. 34.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) notebooks for school (c) a school uniform (d) designer sunglasses
35. 35.Arjun has ₹350. First Arjun pays for needs: socks (₹70) and a school uniform (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
36. 36.For Aarav, is “medicine when ill” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
37. 37.For Vivaan, is “a glitter pen set” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
38. 38.Kavya has ₹350. First Kavya pays for needs: a lunch box (₹60) and a school uniform (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
39. 39.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) vegetables (c) drinking water (d) sweets every day
40. 40.Ishaan has ₹300. First Ishaan pays for needs: a water bottle (₹90) and a raincoat (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?

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