Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 935 · 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.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a remote-control car (c) school shoes (d) a video game
2. 2.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a video game (c) rice and dal (d) a fancy phone cover
3. 3.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) bus fare to school (b) a toy robot (c) a third cricket bat (d) a video game
4. 4.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a sticker album (b) drinking water (c) soap (d) school shoes
5. 5.For Karan, is “a new party dress” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
6. 6.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) milk (c) notebooks for school (d) a warm blanket
7. 7.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) vegetables (c) bus fare to school (d) a fancy phone cover
8. 8.Isha has ₹700. First Isha pays for needs: a geometry box (₹140) and school shoes (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
9. 9.Vivaan has ₹950. First Vivaan pays for needs: socks (₹250) and a lunch box (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
10. 10.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) toothpaste (c) a new party dress (d) drinking water
11. 11.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) a bigger TV (c) milk (d) a video game
12. 12.Vivaan has ₹500. First Vivaan pays for needs: notebooks (₹140) and a raincoat (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
13. 13.For Ananya, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
14. 14.Gurpreet has ₹950. First Gurpreet pays for needs: a school uniform (₹300) and socks (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
15. 15.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) extra comic books (b) a bigger TV (c) a new party dress (d) soap
16. 16.Ishaan has ₹900. First Ishaan pays for needs: socks (₹230) and school shoes (₹160). How many rupees are left for wants?
17. 17.Saanvi has ₹850. First Saanvi pays for needs: a school uniform (₹160) and notebooks (₹280). How many rupees are left for wants?
18. 18.For Farhan, is “a bigger TV” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
19. 19.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) medicine when ill (c) a video game (d) toothpaste
20. 20.Ishaan has ₹450. First Ishaan pays for needs: a school uniform (₹150) and school shoes (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
21. 21.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) a remote-control car (c) a schoolbag (d) milk
22. 22.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) designer sunglasses (c) a school uniform (d) a remote-control car
23. 23.Sneha has ₹400. First Sneha pays for needs: a lunch box (₹110) and school shoes (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
24. 24.For Joseph, is “soap” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
25. 25.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) sweets every day (b) soap (c) toothpaste (d) bus fare to school
26. 26.Joseph 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 bigger TV
27. 27.Isha has ₹550. First Isha pays for needs: a school uniform (₹80) and notebooks (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
28. 28.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) a warm blanket (c) school shoes (d) a bigger TV
29. 29.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a new party dress (c) a third cricket bat (d) toothpaste
30. 30.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a school uniform (b) a remote-control car (c) a glitter pen set (d) a fancy phone cover
31. 31.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a third cricket bat (c) school shoes (d) a sticker album
32. 32.For Ananya, is “vegetables” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
33. 33.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a toy robot (b) a school uniform (c) soap (d) school shoes
34. 34.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a third cricket bat (c) a glitter pen set (d) rice and dal
35. 35.Farhan has ₹800. First Farhan pays for needs: a water bottle (₹250) and socks (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
36. 36.Diya has ₹950. First Diya pays for needs: a water bottle (₹50) and school shoes (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
37. 37.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) soap (c) a toy robot (d) a third cricket bat
38. 38.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) extra comic books (c) bus fare to school (d) a raincoat
39. 39.Saanvi has ₹400. First Saanvi pays for needs: socks (₹60) and a raincoat (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
40. 40.Ishaan has ₹550. First Ishaan pays for needs: notebooks (₹60) and a water bottle (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?

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