Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 832 · 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.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) vegetables (c) designer sunglasses (d) a bigger TV
2. 2.Ananya has ₹950. First Ananya pays for needs: a lunch box (₹160) and a raincoat (₹270). How many rupees are left for wants?
3. 3.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) soap (c) school shoes (d) a remote-control car
4. 4.Rohan has ₹1000. First Rohan pays for needs: notebooks (₹130) and a raincoat (₹240). How many rupees are left for wants?
5. 5.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) soap (c) drinking water (d) a glitter pen set
6. 6.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a video game (c) a third cricket bat (d) vegetables
7. 7.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) extra comic books (c) drinking water (d) a video game
8. 8.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a sticker album (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a warm blanket
9. 9.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) sweets every day (c) a warm blanket (d) vegetables
10. 10.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) a sticker album (c) soap (d) school shoes
11. 11.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) soap (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a glitter pen set
12. 12.For Diya, is “vegetables” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
13. 13.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a raincoat (c) a video game (d) a new party dress
14. 14.For Arjun, is “a bigger TV” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
15. 15.Diya has ₹400. First Diya pays for needs: a water bottle (₹130) and a geometry box (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
16. 16.Aarav has ₹650. First Aarav pays for needs: a lunch box (₹190) and socks (₹190). How many rupees are left for wants?
17. 17.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) sweets every day (b) medicine when ill (c) soap (d) notebooks for school
18. 18.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a video game (c) school shoes (d) a bigger TV
19. 19.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) a third cricket bat (c) school shoes (d) medicine when ill
20. 20.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a new party dress (d) milk
21. 21.Rohan has ₹750. First Rohan pays for needs: a geometry box (₹150) and a raincoat (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
22. 22.For Arjun, is “a video game” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
23. 23.For Ishaan, is “a glitter pen set” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
24. 24.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) drinking water (c) medicine when ill (d) extra comic books
25. 25.For Aditya, is “designer sunglasses” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
26. 26.For Ishaan, is “a video game” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
27. 27.For Gurpreet, is “medicine when ill” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
28. 28.Meera has ₹750. First Meera pays for needs: a school uniform (₹60) and a lunch box (₹200). How many rupees are left for wants?
29. 29.Priya has ₹350. First Priya pays for needs: a raincoat (₹70) and school shoes (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
30. 30.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) milk (b) a new party dress (c) a third cricket bat (d) a sticker album
31. 31.Priya has ₹450. First Priya pays for needs: a water bottle (₹80) and notebooks (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
32. 32.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) vegetables (c) designer sunglasses (d) milk
33. 33.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) a sticker album (c) milk (d) a schoolbag
34. 34.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a video game (c) a schoolbag (d) a new party dress
35. 35.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a third cricket bat (b) vegetables (c) notebooks for school (d) bus fare to school
36. 36.Rahul has ₹450. First Rahul pays for needs: a school uniform (₹110) and a lunch box (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
37. 37.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a glitter pen set (b) milk (c) drinking water (d) medicine when ill
38. 38.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a video game (c) a new party dress (d) rice and dal
39. 39.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) sweets every day (c) a bigger TV (d) soap
40. 40.Aarav has ₹500. First Aarav pays for needs: a geometry box (₹70) and school shoes (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?

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