Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 838 · 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.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) toothpaste (c) a video game (d) a sticker album
2. 2.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) school shoes (c) sweets every day (d) rice and dal
3. 3.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) drinking water (c) toothpaste (d) a third cricket bat
4. 4.Rohan has ₹300. First Rohan pays for needs: socks (₹100) and a water bottle (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
5. 5.For Meera, is “extra comic books” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
6. 6.For Meera, is “a new party dress” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
7. 7.For Gurpreet, is “a sticker album” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
8. 8.Gurpreet has ₹700. First Gurpreet pays for needs: a geometry box (₹130) and notebooks (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
9. 9.Kabir has ₹850. First Kabir pays for needs: socks (₹190) and notebooks (₹230). How many rupees are left for wants?
10. 10.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) a bigger TV (c) milk (d) a glitter pen set
11. 11.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) a fancy phone cover (c) bus fare to school (d) a warm blanket
12. 12.Tara has ₹300. First Tara pays for needs: a water bottle (₹50) and a school uniform (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
13. 13.Karan has ₹750. First Karan pays for needs: a lunch box (₹240) and a geometry box (₹220). How many rupees are left for wants?
14. 14.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a glitter pen set (b) medicine when ill (c) a warm blanket (d) soap
15. 15.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) toothpaste (c) bus fare to school (d) a fancy phone cover
16. 16.For Lakshmi, is “a bigger TV” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
17. 17.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) a sticker album (c) drinking water (d) a raincoat
18. 18.Farhan has ₹700. First Farhan pays for needs: a water bottle (₹210) and a lunch box (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
19. 19.Pooja has ₹750. First Pooja pays for needs: school shoes (₹50) and a raincoat (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
20. 20.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) sweets every day (c) rice and dal (d) school shoes
21. 21.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) milk (c) a video game (d) a glitter pen set
22. 22.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) soap (c) designer sunglasses (d) a raincoat
23. 23.For Farhan, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
24. 24.For Isha, is “notebooks for school” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
25. 25.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) sweets every day (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a warm blanket
26. 26.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) a raincoat (c) a bigger TV (d) medicine when ill
27. 27.For Gurpreet, is “designer sunglasses” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
28. 28.For Meera, is “a warm blanket” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
29. 29.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) school shoes (c) a video game (d) a raincoat
30. 30.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) sweets every day (c) school shoes (d) a sticker album
31. 31.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a third cricket bat (c) vegetables (d) a new party dress
32. 32.Gurpreet has ₹700. First Gurpreet pays for needs: a lunch box (₹110) and a school uniform (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
33. 33.For Rahul, is “medicine when ill” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
34. 34.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) toothpaste (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a toy robot (d) a new party dress
35. 35.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a remote-control car (c) a fancy phone cover (d) drinking water
36. 36.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) medicine when ill (c) a new party dress (d) rice and dal
37. 37.Diya has ₹650. First Diya pays for needs: a lunch box (₹130) and school shoes (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
38. 38.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a fancy phone cover (c) vegetables (d) sweets every day
39. 39.Aditya has ₹600. First Aditya pays for needs: a lunch box (₹160) and school shoes (₹150). How many rupees are left for wants?
40. 40.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) medicine when ill (c) a third cricket bat (d) school shoes

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