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Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 900 · 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.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a video game (c) sweets every day (d) a schoolbag
  2. 2.For Tara, is “notebooks for school” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  3. 3.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a video game (c) a remote-control car (d) vegetables
  4. 4.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a third cricket bat (c) milk (d) a video game
  5. 5.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a new party dress (c) a fancy phone cover (d) soap
  6. 6.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a warm blanket (c) a third cricket bat (d) a bigger TV
  7. 7.For Pooja, is “toothpaste” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  8. 8.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) medicine when ill (c) a warm blanket (d) a sticker album
  9. 9.For Kabir, is “a remote-control car” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  10. 10.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) bus fare to school (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a remote-control car (d) sweets every day
  11. 11.For Farhan, is “a new party dress” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  12. 12.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) drinking water (c) designer sunglasses (d) milk
  13. 13.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) designer sunglasses (c) a raincoat (d) rice and dal
  14. 14.For Priya, is “a schoolbag” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  15. 15.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) sweets every day (c) vegetables (d) toothpaste
  16. 16.Pooja has ₹400. First Pooja pays for needs: a geometry box (₹50) and a water bottle (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
  17. 17.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) a bigger TV (c) drinking water (d) rice and dal
  18. 18.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a new party dress (c) drinking water (d) a fancy phone cover
  19. 19.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) rice and dal (c) toothpaste (d) a sticker album
  20. 20.For Farhan, is “a sticker album” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  21. 21.For Lakshmi, is “vegetables” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  22. 22.For Sneha, is “a school uniform” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  23. 23.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a warm blanket (b) a sticker album (c) a third cricket bat (d) extra comic books
  24. 24.Kabir has ₹750. First Kabir pays for needs: socks (₹220) and a raincoat (₹190). How many rupees are left for wants?
  25. 25.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) rice and dal (c) designer sunglasses (d) a school uniform
  26. 26.Kavya has ₹300. First Kavya pays for needs: socks (₹90) and school shoes (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
  27. 27.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a bigger TV (c) a raincoat (d) a toy robot
  28. 28.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a glitter pen set (c) a sticker album (d) notebooks for school
  29. 29.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) a warm blanket (c) a remote-control car (d) school shoes
  30. 30.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a video game (c) designer sunglasses (d) toothpaste
  31. 31.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) school shoes (b) a remote-control car (c) a video game (d) a bigger TV
  32. 32.For Vivaan, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  33. 33.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) sweets every day (c) a third cricket bat (d) drinking water
  34. 34.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) a school uniform (c) a raincoat (d) a third cricket bat
  35. 35.For Tara, is “sweets every day” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  36. 36.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) school shoes (b) a new party dress (c) a remote-control car (d) a bigger TV
  37. 37.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) designer sunglasses (c) milk (d) a remote-control car
  38. 38.For Ishaan, is “a new party dress” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
  39. 39.For Karan, is “notebooks for school” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
  40. 40.For Rahul, is “rice and dal” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want

Answer key

  1. a schoolbag
  2. Need
  3. vegetables
  4. milk
  5. soap
  6. a warm blanket
  7. Need
  8. a sticker album
  9. Want
  10. bus fare to school
  11. Want
  12. designer sunglasses
  13. designer sunglasses
  14. Need
  15. sweets every day
  16. 260
  17. a bigger TV
  18. drinking water
  19. a sticker album
  20. Want
  21. Need
  22. Need
  23. a warm blanket
  24. 340
  25. designer sunglasses
  26. 140
  27. a raincoat
  28. notebooks for school
  29. a remote-control car
  30. toothpaste
  31. school shoes
  32. Want
  33. drinking water
  34. a third cricket bat
  35. Want
  36. school shoes
  37. milk
  38. Want
  39. Need
  40. Need

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