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Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 844 · 40 sums
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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.

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  1. 1.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) designer sunglasses (c) a raincoat (d) a third cricket bat
  2. 2.For Pooja, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  3. 3.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a schoolbag (b) a sticker album (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a third cricket bat
  4. 4.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) drinking water (c) school shoes (d) a glitter pen set
  5. 5.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a new party dress (c) a fancy phone cover (d) milk
  6. 6.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a warm blanket (c) medicine when ill (d) a raincoat
  7. 7.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) school shoes (b) a video game (c) a new party dress (d) a toy robot
  8. 8.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) drinking water (c) a third cricket bat (d) a new party dress
  9. 9.For Kabir, is “a sticker album” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  10. 10.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) a remote-control car (c) medicine when ill (d) milk
  11. 11.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a fancy phone cover (c) vegetables (d) extra comic books
  12. 12.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a raincoat (b) a bigger TV (c) a glitter pen set (d) a video game
  13. 13.Meera has ₹550. First Meera pays for needs: socks (₹90) and a geometry box (₹170). How many rupees are left for wants?
  14. 14.Aditya has ₹350. First Aditya pays for needs: a raincoat (₹90) and a lunch box (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
  15. 15.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) a schoolbag (c) a video game (d) a warm blanket
  16. 16.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a warm blanket (b) a glitter pen set (c) a toy robot (d) extra comic books
  17. 17.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a glitter pen set (b) vegetables (c) soap (d) a raincoat
  18. 18.For Kabir, is “toothpaste” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  19. 19.For Rohan, is “a glitter pen set” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  20. 20.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a new party dress (b) toothpaste (c) rice and dal (d) a raincoat
  21. 21.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) bus fare to school (c) a third cricket bat (d) notebooks for school
  22. 22.Kabir has ₹500. First Kabir pays for needs: a raincoat (₹80) and a lunch box (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
  23. 23.For Aarav, is “a schoolbag” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  24. 24.Meera has ₹800. First Meera pays for needs: notebooks (₹180) and a water bottle (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
  25. 25.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) toothpaste (c) a sticker album (d) a remote-control car
  26. 26.Lakshmi has ₹900. First Lakshmi pays for needs: school shoes (₹120) and notebooks (₹170). How many rupees are left for wants?
  27. 27.For Diya, is “bus fare to school” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  28. 28.For Nisha, is “toothpaste” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  29. 29.For Meera, is “sweets every day” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  30. 30.For Tara, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  31. 31.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) vegetables (c) a sticker album (d) a bigger TV
  32. 32.Diya has ₹650. First Diya pays for needs: a lunch box (₹50) and a water bottle (₹180). How many rupees are left for wants?
  33. 33.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) a toy robot (c) medicine when ill (d) soap
  34. 34.Tara has ₹750. First Tara pays for needs: notebooks (₹90) and a geometry box (₹240). How many rupees are left for wants?
  35. 35.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a new party dress (c) a raincoat (d) a remote-control car
  36. 36.For Arjun, is “medicine when ill” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  37. 37.Ananya has ₹400. First Ananya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹80) and a lunch box (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?
  38. 38.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a schoolbag (c) a remote-control car (d) a fancy phone cover
  39. 39.Lakshmi has ₹950. First Lakshmi pays for needs: a school uniform (₹310) and a geometry box (₹160). How many rupees are left for wants?
  40. 40.For Saanvi, is “extra comic books” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need

Answer key

  1. a raincoat
  2. Need
  3. a schoolbag
  4. a glitter pen set
  5. milk
  6. a third cricket bat
  7. school shoes
  8. drinking water
  9. Want
  10. a remote-control car
  11. vegetables
  12. a raincoat
  13. 290
  14. 190
  15. a video game
  16. a warm blanket
  17. a glitter pen set
  18. Need
  19. Want
  20. a new party dress
  21. a third cricket bat
  22. 330
  23. Need
  24. 570
  25. toothpaste
  26. 610
  27. Need
  28. Need
  29. Want
  30. Need
  31. vegetables
  32. 420
  33. a toy robot
  34. 420
  35. a raincoat
  36. Need
  37. 200
  38. a schoolbag
  39. 480
  40. Want

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