Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 851 · 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.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a schoolbag (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a sticker album (d) a toy robot
2. 2.For Meera, is “a fancy phone cover” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
3. 3.For Dev, is “vegetables” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
4. 4.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a new party dress (c) notebooks for school (d) a third cricket bat
5. 5.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) medicine when ill (c) milk (d) designer sunglasses
6. 6.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a sticker album (b) a schoolbag (c) milk (d) drinking water
7. 7.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) sweets every day (c) a third cricket bat (d) bus fare to school
8. 8.Ananya has ₹750. First Ananya pays for needs: notebooks (₹80) and school shoes (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
9. 9.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) bus fare to school (b) a sticker album (c) a third cricket bat (d) designer sunglasses
10. 10.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) toothpaste (c) a new party dress (d) a sticker album
11. 11.Lakshmi has ₹400. First Lakshmi pays for needs: a raincoat (₹120) and a lunch box (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
12. 12.Ananya has ₹500. First Ananya pays for needs: a lunch box (₹140) and a water bottle (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
13. 13.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) medicine when ill (c) designer sunglasses (d) sweets every day
14. 14.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) extra comic books (b) a warm blanket (c) a school uniform (d) rice and dal
15. 15.Vivaan has ₹300. First Vivaan pays for needs: a water bottle (₹70) and a geometry box (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
16. 16.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) a glitter pen set (c) a sticker album (d) a warm blanket
17. 17.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) notebooks for school (b) sweets every day (c) a third cricket bat (d) a fancy phone cover
18. 18.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a bigger TV (c) sweets every day (d) a schoolbag
19. 19.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) a bigger TV (c) notebooks for school (d) vegetables
20. 20.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) drinking water (b) a video game (c) a new party dress (d) a remote-control car
21. 21.Rahul has ₹800. First Rahul pays for needs: school shoes (₹120) and notebooks (₹240). How many rupees are left for wants?
22. 22.Karan has ₹800. First Karan pays for needs: a school uniform (₹190) and socks (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
23. 23.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) sweets every day (c) milk (d) soap
24. 24.For Aditya, is “rice and dal” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
25. 25.Kabir has ₹800. First Kabir pays for needs: a lunch box (₹150) and socks (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
26. 26.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) designer sunglasses (c) extra comic books (d) soap
27. 27.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a raincoat (c) a glitter pen set (d) a new party dress
28. 28.For Aarav, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
29. 29.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) a schoolbag (c) a third cricket bat (d) toothpaste
30. 30.Rahul has ₹900. First Rahul pays for needs: a lunch box (₹80) and a school uniform (₹130). How many rupees are left for wants?
31. 31.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) bus fare to school (c) a remote-control car (d) a bigger TV
32. 32.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) bus fare to school (c) a warm blanket (d) a sticker album
33. 33.Kavya has ₹500. First Kavya pays for needs: socks (₹130) and a school uniform (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
34. 34.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) rice and dal (c) designer sunglasses (d) a toy robot
35. 35.Aarav has ₹350. First Aarav pays for needs: a lunch box (₹100) and a raincoat (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
36. 36.Dev has ₹650. First Dev pays for needs: a lunch box (₹90) and a geometry box (₹180). How many rupees are left for wants?
37. 37.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a sticker album (c) toothpaste (d) designer sunglasses
38. 38.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) milk (c) a schoolbag (d) a glitter pen set
39. 39.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a remote-control car (c) a fancy phone cover (d) notebooks for school
40. 40.For Priya, is “sweets every day” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need

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