Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 948 · 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 Diya, is “school shoes” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
2. 2.For Tara, is “a fancy phone cover” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
3. 3.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) a fancy phone cover (c) rice and dal (d) a school uniform
4. 4.For Karan, is “a schoolbag” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
5. 5.For Meera, is “toothpaste” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
6. 6.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a bigger TV (c) a toy robot (d) notebooks for school
7. 7.Diya has ₹350. First Diya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹70) and notebooks (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
8. 8.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a bigger TV (c) a warm blanket (d) a third cricket bat
9. 9.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) milk (b) sweets every day (c) a third cricket bat (d) a remote-control car
10. 10.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) vegetables (c) a new party dress (d) a bigger TV
11. 11.Pooja has ₹300. First Pooja pays for needs: a geometry box (₹80) and socks (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
12. 12.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) toothpaste (c) a toy robot (d) a warm blanket
13. 13.For Nisha, is “a school uniform” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
14. 14.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) soap (c) rice and dal (d) a fancy phone cover
15. 15.Nisha has ₹650. First Nisha pays for needs: a raincoat (₹190) and a lunch box (₹180). How many rupees are left for wants?
16. 16.For Sneha, is “a sticker album” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
17. 17.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) medicine when ill (c) a raincoat (d) designer sunglasses
18. 18.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a new party dress (c) rice and dal (d) a remote-control car
19. 19.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a glitter pen set (c) a third cricket bat (d) toothpaste
20. 20.Priya has ₹400. First Priya pays for needs: notebooks (₹60) and a water bottle (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?
21. 21.For Gurpreet, is “milk” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
22. 22.For Lakshmi, is “a schoolbag” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
23. 23.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a third cricket bat (c) bus fare to school (d) a bigger TV
24. 24.Gurpreet has ₹950. First Gurpreet pays for needs: socks (₹80) and a water bottle (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
25. 25.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) vegetables (c) drinking water (d) extra comic books
26. 26.For Arjun, is “milk” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
27. 27.For Meera, is “a remote-control car” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
28. 28.For Rahul, is “a sticker album” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
29. 29.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a bigger TV (b) a warm blanket (c) vegetables (d) toothpaste
30. 30.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) a raincoat (c) medicine when ill (d) designer sunglasses
31. 31.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a new party dress (c) a warm blanket (d) a sticker album
32. 32.Kabir has ₹650. First Kabir pays for needs: socks (₹170) and school shoes (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
33. 33.For Riya, is “vegetables” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
34. 34.For Manav, is “sweets every day” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
35. 35.For Meera, is “a fancy phone cover” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
36. 36.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) extra comic books (b) rice and dal (c) bus fare to school (d) toothpaste
37. 37.For Pooja, is “designer sunglasses” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
38. 38.For Ananya, is “a fancy phone cover” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
39. 39.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) school shoes (c) a fancy phone cover (d) extra comic books
40. 40.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) extra comic books (c) milk (d) sweets every day

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