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Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 895 · 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.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) a third cricket bat (c) a warm blanket (d) rice and dal
  2. 2.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) bus fare to school (c) notebooks for school (d) a new party dress
  3. 3.Aarav has ₹450. First Aarav pays for needs: socks (₹50) and a school uniform (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
  4. 4.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a toy robot (c) milk (d) a third cricket bat
  5. 5.Meera has ₹500. First Meera pays for needs: a lunch box (₹120) and a raincoat (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
  6. 6.Lakshmi has ₹750. First Lakshmi pays for needs: a geometry box (₹210) and a raincoat (₹180). How many rupees are left for wants?
  7. 7.For Arjun, is “bus fare to school” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  8. 8.For Zoya, is “a sticker album” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  9. 9.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) a raincoat (c) a glitter pen set (d) a fancy phone cover
  10. 10.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) rice and dal (c) sweets every day (d) a video game
  11. 11.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) drinking water (b) a third cricket bat (c) designer sunglasses (d) a toy robot
  12. 12.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) school shoes (c) a toy robot (d) medicine when ill
  13. 13.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) vegetables (b) a toy robot (c) a glitter pen set (d) extra comic books
  14. 14.Rahul has ₹300. First Rahul pays for needs: socks (₹60) and school shoes (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
  15. 15.Sneha has ₹650. First Sneha pays for needs: a raincoat (₹120) and a water bottle (₹170). How many rupees are left for wants?
  16. 16.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) school shoes (c) a toy robot (d) a school uniform
  17. 17.For Pooja, is “school shoes” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  18. 18.Dev has ₹800. First Dev pays for needs: a raincoat (₹250) and notebooks (₹200). How many rupees are left for wants?
  19. 19.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) extra comic books (b) vegetables (c) drinking water (d) toothpaste
  20. 20.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) a remote-control car (c) a new party dress (d) vegetables
  21. 21.For Pooja, is “a warm blanket” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  22. 22.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) sweets every day (c) drinking water (d) a new party dress
  23. 23.Arjun has ₹550. First Arjun pays for needs: a lunch box (₹170) and a geometry box (₹180). How many rupees are left for wants?
  24. 24.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a toy robot (c) toothpaste (d) a remote-control car
  25. 25.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a sticker album (c) a warm blanket (d) a third cricket bat
  26. 26.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) vegetables (c) a school uniform (d) a sticker album
  27. 27.For Vivaan, is “school shoes” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  28. 28.Aarav has ₹800. First Aarav pays for needs: a lunch box (₹260) and notebooks (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
  29. 29.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a schoolbag (c) a new party dress (d) extra comic books
  30. 30.For Gurpreet, is “a bigger TV” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  31. 31.For Priya, is “bus fare to school” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  32. 32.For Ananya, is “rice and dal” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  33. 33.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) notebooks for school (c) a toy robot (d) sweets every day
  34. 34.Vivaan has ₹750. First Vivaan pays for needs: school shoes (₹80) and a raincoat (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
  35. 35.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) designer sunglasses (c) school shoes (d) a third cricket bat
  36. 36.Ishaan has ₹450. First Ishaan pays for needs: notebooks (₹150) and a raincoat (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
  37. 37.For Dev, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  38. 38.For Lakshmi, is “milk” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  39. 39.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a sticker album (b) school shoes (c) milk (d) a warm blanket
  40. 40.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a sticker album (b) rice and dal (c) soap (d) a raincoat

Answer key

  1. a third cricket bat
  2. a new party dress
  3. 340
  4. milk
  5. 300
  6. 360
  7. Need
  8. Want
  9. a raincoat
  10. rice and dal
  11. drinking water
  12. a toy robot
  13. vegetables
  14. 190
  15. 360
  16. a toy robot
  17. Need
  18. 350
  19. extra comic books
  20. vegetables
  21. Need
  22. drinking water
  23. 200
  24. toothpaste
  25. a warm blanket
  26. a sticker album
  27. Need
  28. 440
  29. a schoolbag
  30. Want
  31. Need
  32. Need
  33. notebooks for school
  34. 580
  35. school shoes
  36. 220
  37. Need
  38. Need
  39. a sticker album
  40. a sticker album

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