Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 974 · 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.Diya has ₹350. First Diya pays for needs: a lunch box (₹110) and school shoes (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
2. 2.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) sweets every day (b) school shoes (c) bus fare to school (d) a raincoat
3. 3.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a new party dress (c) a toy robot (d) a warm blanket
4. 4.Zoya has ₹800. First Zoya pays for needs: notebooks (₹50) and a water bottle (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
5. 5.For Dev, is “a school uniform” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
6. 6.For Aditya, is “soap” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
7. 7.For Rohan, is “vegetables” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
8. 8.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) bus fare to school (b) a sticker album (c) a video game (d) a toy robot
9. 9.Aditya has ₹700. First Aditya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹120) and school shoes (₹140). How many rupees are left for wants?
10. 10.For Vivaan, is “notebooks for school” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
11. 11.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) notebooks for school (c) a toy robot (d) sweets every day
12. 12.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) a raincoat (c) bus fare to school (d) a toy robot
13. 13.Aarav has ₹950. First Aarav pays for needs: a school uniform (₹120) and a geometry box (₹200). How many rupees are left for wants?
14. 14.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a sticker album (b) bus fare to school (c) rice and dal (d) a schoolbag
15. 15.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) extra comic books (c) a school uniform (d) milk
16. 16.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) sweets every day (b) soap (c) rice and dal (d) drinking water
17. 17.Farhan has ₹600. First Farhan pays for needs: notebooks (₹100) and a lunch box (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
18. 18.For Arjun, is “sweets every day” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
19. 19.For Pooja, is “school shoes” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
20. 20.Sneha has ₹400. First Sneha pays for needs: notebooks (₹60) and a water bottle (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?
21. 21.For Saanvi, is “rice and dal” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
22. 22.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) drinking water (c) extra comic books (d) a fancy phone cover
23. 23.Tara has ₹650. First Tara pays for needs: notebooks (₹200) and a geometry box (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
24. 24.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a raincoat (b) a sticker album (c) a third cricket bat (d) extra comic books
25. 25.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) a sticker album (c) toothpaste (d) a raincoat
26. 26.Rahul is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) a fancy phone cover (c) vegetables (d) soap
27. 27.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) a bigger TV (c) milk (d) soap
28. 28.For Meera, is “extra comic books” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
29. 29.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a bigger TV (b) milk (c) vegetables (d) a warm blanket
30. 30.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a remote-control car (c) school shoes (d) a bigger TV
31. 31.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a glitter pen set (c) a schoolbag (d) designer sunglasses
32. 32.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) soap (c) toothpaste (d) a video game
33. 33.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) a bigger TV (c) a schoolbag (d) toothpaste
34. 34.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a raincoat (b) sweets every day (c) a bigger TV (d) a video game
35. 35.Aditya has ₹700. First Aditya pays for needs: a geometry box (₹200) and socks (₹130). How many rupees are left for wants?
36. 36.For Diya, is “a sticker album” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
37. 37.Saanvi has ₹500. First Saanvi pays for needs: a water bottle (₹120) and school shoes (₹160). How many rupees are left for wants?
38. 38.Rohan has ₹950. First Rohan pays for needs: school shoes (₹120) and notebooks (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
39. 39.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) a glitter pen set (c) drinking water (d) a sticker album
40. 40.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a third cricket bat (c) a remote-control car (d) bus fare to school

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