Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 930 · 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.For Aditya, is “school shoes” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
2. 2.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a new party dress (c) notebooks for school (d) a third cricket bat
3. 3.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a remote-control car (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a school uniform
4. 4.For Pooja, is “bus fare to school” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
5. 5.For Aditya, is “a warm blanket” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
6. 6.Dev has ₹1000. First Dev pays for needs: a lunch box (₹130) and notebooks (₹310). How many rupees are left for wants?
7. 7.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) a school uniform (c) a new party dress (d) a schoolbag
8. 8.Sneha has ₹600. First Sneha pays for needs: a raincoat (₹150) and socks (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
9. 9.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) a raincoat (c) a warm blanket (d) sweets every day
10. 10.Tara has ₹500. First Tara pays for needs: notebooks (₹80) and a geometry box (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
11. 11.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) a video game (c) vegetables (d) soap
12. 12.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) milk (c) vegetables (d) a sticker album
13. 13.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a toy robot (c) notebooks for school (d) extra comic books
14. 14.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a video game (c) extra comic books (d) a school uniform
15. 15.For Manav, is “medicine when ill” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
16. 16.Gurpreet has ₹300. First Gurpreet pays for needs: socks (₹90) and school shoes (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
17. 17.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a bigger TV (b) toothpaste (c) soap (d) a schoolbag
18. 18.Aditya has ₹700. First Aditya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹220) and socks (₹170). How many rupees are left for wants?
19. 19.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a video game (b) rice and dal (c) school shoes (d) medicine when ill
20. 20.Pooja has ₹400. First Pooja pays for needs: a raincoat (₹130) and socks (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
21. 21.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) sweets every day (c) a warm blanket (d) medicine when ill
22. 22.Kabir has ₹600. First Kabir pays for needs: notebooks (₹60) and a water bottle (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?
23. 23.Kabir has ₹500. First Kabir pays for needs: socks (₹100) and school shoes (₹150). How many rupees are left for wants?
24. 24.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) sweets every day (b) a warm blanket (c) a school uniform (d) a schoolbag
25. 25.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a third cricket bat (c) a school uniform (d) a toy robot
26. 26.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a video game (c) extra comic books (d) toothpaste
27. 27.Lakshmi has ₹650. First Lakshmi pays for needs: a school uniform (₹150) and notebooks (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
28. 28.Rahul has ₹550. First Rahul pays for needs: school shoes (₹80) and a lunch box (₹130). How many rupees are left for wants?
29. 29.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) bus fare to school (c) extra comic books (d) designer sunglasses
30. 30.For Rahul, is “vegetables” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
31. 31.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) rice and dal (c) a sticker album (d) a glitter pen set
32. 32.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a third cricket bat (b) toothpaste (c) soap (d) a school uniform
33. 33.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) a new party dress (c) notebooks for school (d) designer sunglasses
34. 34.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) school shoes (c) soap (d) designer sunglasses
35. 35.For Rohan, is “a sticker album” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
36. 36.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) designer sunglasses (c) a third cricket bat (d) medicine when ill
37. 37.Manav has ₹1000. First Manav pays for needs: school shoes (₹130) and a raincoat (₹190). How many rupees are left for wants?
38. 38.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) a third cricket bat (c) a school uniform (d) bus fare to school
39. 39.For Farhan, is “designer sunglasses” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
40. 40.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) a schoolbag (c) milk (d) extra comic books

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