Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 849 · 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.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) school shoes (c) sweets every day (d) vegetables
2. 2.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) drinking water (c) bus fare to school (d) a third cricket bat
3. 3.Isha has ₹750. First Isha pays for needs: a geometry box (₹190) and socks (₹170). How many rupees are left for wants?
4. 4.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) a sticker album (c) vegetables (d) soap
5. 5.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a schoolbag (c) school shoes (d) soap
6. 6.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a toy robot (b) milk (c) a warm blanket (d) a schoolbag
7. 7.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) designer sunglasses (c) a glitter pen set (d) medicine when ill
8. 8.Ananya has ₹450. First Ananya pays for needs: socks (₹60) and school shoes (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
9. 9.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a school uniform (b) designer sunglasses (c) a remote-control car (d) a bigger TV
10. 10.For Ishaan, is “a warm blanket” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
11. 11.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) medicine when ill (c) designer sunglasses (d) a remote-control car
12. 12.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) rice and dal (c) a remote-control car (d) a new party dress
13. 13.For Meera, is “a glitter pen set” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
14. 14.For Meera, is “a raincoat” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
15. 15.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) a raincoat (c) a third cricket bat (d) vegetables
16. 16.Gurpreet has ₹950. First Gurpreet pays for needs: a lunch box (₹120) and a water bottle (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
17. 17.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) a remote-control car (c) school shoes (d) a third cricket bat
18. 18.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) rice and dal (c) a third cricket bat (d) extra comic books
19. 19.Kabir has ₹450. First Kabir pays for needs: a water bottle (₹100) and a lunch box (₹140). How many rupees are left for wants?
20. 20.Nisha has ₹950. First Nisha pays for needs: a water bottle (₹160) and a geometry box (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
21. 21.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) toothpaste (c) a remote-control car (d) vegetables
22. 22.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a remote-control car (c) vegetables (d) extra comic books
23. 23.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) drinking water (c) a toy robot (d) rice and dal
24. 24.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) a third cricket bat (c) school shoes (d) bus fare to school
25. 25.For Aarav, is “a raincoat” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
26. 26.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) a fancy phone cover (c) rice and dal (d) a remote-control car
27. 27.Ananya has ₹1000. First Ananya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹110) and notebooks (₹180). How many rupees are left for wants?
28. 28.For Rohan, is “a sticker album” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
29. 29.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) toothpaste (c) a video game (d) a glitter pen set
30. 30.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) toothpaste (c) sweets every day (d) rice and dal
31. 31.For Lakshmi, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
32. 32.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) designer sunglasses (c) sweets every day (d) bus fare to school
33. 33.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a toy robot (b) soap (c) medicine when ill (d) a school uniform
34. 34.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a new party dress (b) toothpaste (c) drinking water (d) school shoes
35. 35.For Isha, is “sweets every day” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
36. 36.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) toothpaste (b) sweets every day (c) a toy robot (d) a fancy phone cover
37. 37.For Karan, is “soap” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
38. 38.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a video game (c) sweets every day (d) a school uniform
39. 39.Tara has ₹800. First Tara pays for needs: notebooks (₹180) and school shoes (₹240). How many rupees are left for wants?
40. 40.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) medicine when ill (c) a bigger TV (d) toothpaste

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