Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 887 · 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 want? (a) school shoes (b) sweets every day (c) a raincoat (d) rice and dal
2. 2.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a schoolbag (b) designer sunglasses (c) a new party dress (d) a remote-control car
3. 3.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) soap (b) a glitter pen set (c) a third cricket bat (d) a remote-control car
4. 4.Aarav has ₹550. First Aarav pays for needs: notebooks (₹120) and socks (₹160). How many rupees are left for wants?
5. 5.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) milk (c) notebooks for school (d) designer sunglasses
6. 6.Vivaan has ₹350. First Vivaan pays for needs: a water bottle (₹70) and notebooks (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
7. 7.Meera has ₹1000. First Meera pays for needs: notebooks (₹220) and a school uniform (₹230). How many rupees are left for wants?
8. 8.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) sweets every day (c) bus fare to school (d) soap
9. 9.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) medicine when ill (b) a toy robot (c) a glitter pen set (d) designer sunglasses
10. 10.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a remote-control car (c) a video game (d) drinking water
11. 11.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) a schoolbag (c) drinking water (d) a third cricket bat
12. 12.Sneha has ₹400. First Sneha pays for needs: a geometry box (₹130) and a water bottle (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
13. 13.For Diya, is “toothpaste” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
14. 14.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) drinking water (c) a remote-control car (d) a fancy phone cover
15. 15.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a sticker album (c) a raincoat (d) a third cricket bat
16. 16.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) a bigger TV (c) a raincoat (d) school shoes
17. 17.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) a third cricket bat (c) school shoes (d) drinking water
18. 18.For Pooja, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
19. 19.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) a warm blanket (c) extra comic books (d) milk
20. 20.Tara has ₹900. First Tara pays for needs: school shoes (₹190) and a school uniform (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
21. 21.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) a fancy phone cover (c) bus fare to school (d) drinking water
22. 22.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a warm blanket (c) sweets every day (d) a video game
23. 23.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) rice and dal (b) a remote-control car (c) a bigger TV (d) a fancy phone cover
24. 24.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) a fancy phone cover (c) medicine when ill (d) a school uniform
25. 25.For Gurpreet, is “rice and dal” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
26. 26.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) rice and dal (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a third cricket bat
27. 27.Gurpreet has ₹600. First Gurpreet pays for needs: a school uniform (₹170) and socks (₹150). How many rupees are left for wants?
28. 28.For Isha, is “a video game” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
29. 29.Meera has ₹650. First Meera pays for needs: a school uniform (₹180) and school shoes (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
30. 30.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) toothpaste (c) rice and dal (d) designer sunglasses
31. 31.For Tara, is “a glitter pen set” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
32. 32.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a school uniform (c) a sticker album (d) a toy robot
33. 33.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) a school uniform (c) soap (d) a fancy phone cover
34. 34.Farhan has ₹850. First Farhan pays for needs: school shoes (₹190) and socks (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
35. 35.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a bigger TV (c) designer sunglasses (d) a schoolbag
36. 36.For Saanvi, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
37. 37.For Karan, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
38. 38.For Kavya, is “a fancy phone cover” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
39. 39.For Joseph, is “vegetables” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
40. 40.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a school uniform (b) a third cricket bat (c) a glitter pen set (d) a fancy phone cover

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