Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 839 · 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.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a glitter pen set (c) school shoes (d) a sticker album
2. 2.Joseph has ₹450. First Joseph pays for needs: a lunch box (₹80) and a raincoat (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
3. 3.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) medicine when ill (c) soap (d) a third cricket bat
4. 4.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a third cricket bat (c) a fancy phone cover (d) bus fare to school
5. 5.For Zoya, is “vegetables” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
6. 6.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) designer sunglasses (c) a raincoat (d) extra comic books
7. 7.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) notebooks for school (b) designer sunglasses (c) a bigger TV (d) a sticker album
8. 8.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) a raincoat (c) rice and dal (d) a third cricket bat
9. 9.For Meera, is “a schoolbag” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
10. 10.For Aditya, is “milk” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
11. 11.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) drinking water (c) a toy robot (d) a new party dress
12. 12.Zoya has ₹1000. First Zoya pays for needs: a raincoat (₹300) and socks (₹180). How many rupees are left for wants?
13. 13.For Farhan, is “toothpaste” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
14. 14.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a remote-control car (c) drinking water (d) a third cricket bat
15. 15.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a schoolbag (c) a remote-control car (d) a glitter pen set
16. 16.Pooja has ₹400. First Pooja pays for needs: a school uniform (₹50) and a water bottle (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
17. 17.For Joseph, is “a fancy phone cover” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
18. 18.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) sweets every day (c) a new party dress (d) a warm blanket
19. 19.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) milk (b) sweets every day (c) extra comic books (d) a new party dress
20. 20.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) designer sunglasses (c) medicine when ill (d) a raincoat
21. 21.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a glitter pen set (c) vegetables (d) extra comic books
22. 22.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) rice and dal (c) a sticker album (d) bus fare to school
23. 23.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a third cricket bat (b) soap (c) a raincoat (d) vegetables
24. 24.Aarav has ₹650. First Aarav pays for needs: school shoes (₹50) and notebooks (₹150). How many rupees are left for wants?
25. 25.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) a school uniform (c) a remote-control car (d) rice and dal
26. 26.For Kabir, is “designer sunglasses” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
27. 27.Manav has ₹750. First Manav pays for needs: notebooks (₹250) and a school uniform (₹240). How many rupees are left for wants?
28. 28.For Joseph, is “rice and dal” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
29. 29.For Vivaan, is “bus fare to school” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
30. 30.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) drinking water (c) soap (d) a warm blanket
31. 31.For Diya, is “a toy robot” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
32. 32.Isha has ₹650. First Isha pays for needs: a raincoat (₹60) and a geometry box (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
33. 33.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) designer sunglasses (c) a toy robot (d) medicine when ill
34. 34.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) sweets every day (c) rice and dal (d) medicine when ill
35. 35.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) vegetables (c) a warm blanket (d) sweets every day
36. 36.For Zoya, is “a sticker album” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
37. 37.For Meera, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
38. 38.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) vegetables (c) bus fare to school (d) a new party dress
39. 39.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) a school uniform (c) notebooks for school (d) a remote-control car
40. 40.Tara has ₹850. First Tara pays for needs: notebooks (₹240) and a raincoat (₹200). How many rupees are left for wants?

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