Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 937 · 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 Gurpreet, is “vegetables” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
2. 2.Sneha has ₹850. First Sneha pays for needs: notebooks (₹50) and a raincoat (₹270). How many rupees are left for wants?
3. 3.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) a remote-control car (c) medicine when ill (d) notebooks for school
4. 4.Arjun has ₹900. First Arjun pays for needs: a water bottle (₹160) and a raincoat (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?
5. 5.For Arjun, is “a bigger TV” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
6. 6.For Kavya, is “school shoes” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
7. 7.Ishaan has ₹750. First Ishaan pays for needs: a geometry box (₹230) and school shoes (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
8. 8.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a video game (b) a raincoat (c) a warm blanket (d) rice and dal
9. 9.Rohan has ₹950. First Rohan pays for needs: a lunch box (₹110) and a school uniform (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
10. 10.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a remote-control car (c) soap (d) designer sunglasses
11. 11.Gurpreet has ₹500. First Gurpreet pays for needs: a school uniform (₹80) and a lunch box (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
12. 12.Ananya has ₹500. First Ananya pays for needs: a raincoat (₹50) and notebooks (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
13. 13.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) vegetables (c) a third cricket bat (d) a toy robot
14. 14.Vivaan has ₹950. First Vivaan pays for needs: socks (₹260) and a water bottle (₹180). How many rupees are left for wants?
15. 15.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) extra comic books (c) a sticker album (d) milk
16. 16.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) medicine when ill (b) a new party dress (c) designer sunglasses (d) a sticker album
17. 17.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a school uniform (c) a glitter pen set (d) a third cricket bat
18. 18.Kavya has ₹600. First Kavya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹50) and socks (₹180). How many rupees are left for wants?
19. 19.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) rice and dal (b) a sticker album (c) designer sunglasses (d) a bigger TV
20. 20.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a toy robot (c) a school uniform (d) a video game
21. 21.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) medicine when ill (b) a bigger TV (c) a glitter pen set (d) a video game
22. 22.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) rice and dal (c) sweets every day (d) a sticker album
23. 23.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a third cricket bat (c) bus fare to school (d) sweets every day
24. 24.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) sweets every day (b) bus fare to school (c) a raincoat (d) vegetables
25. 25.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a glitter pen set (b) school shoes (c) a school uniform (d) a warm blanket
26. 26.Lakshmi has ₹650. First Lakshmi pays for needs: notebooks (₹140) and socks (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
27. 27.For Kavya, is “a school uniform” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
28. 28.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a bigger TV (b) rice and dal (c) a raincoat (d) milk
29. 29.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) designer sunglasses (c) bus fare to school (d) a remote-control car
30. 30.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a bigger TV (c) a new party dress (d) a warm blanket
31. 31.Rohan has ₹450. First Rohan pays for needs: notebooks (₹100) and socks (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
32. 32.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a bigger TV (c) toothpaste (d) a toy robot
33. 33.Kavya has ₹850. First Kavya pays for needs: school shoes (₹210) and socks (₹230). How many rupees are left for wants?
34. 34.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) school shoes (c) vegetables (d) a new party dress
35. 35.Isha has ₹500. First Isha pays for needs: a lunch box (₹60) and notebooks (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
36. 36.Ishaan has ₹750. First Ishaan pays for needs: school shoes (₹130) and a geometry box (₹200). How many rupees are left for wants?
37. 37.For Rahul, is “soap” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
38. 38.For Rahul, is “a schoolbag” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
39. 39.Zoya has ₹600. First Zoya pays for needs: a water bottle (₹140) and notebooks (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
40. 40.Kabir has ₹600. First Kabir pays for needs: socks (₹130) and school shoes (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?

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