Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 976 · 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.Pooja has ₹450. First Pooja pays for needs: school shoes (₹150) and notebooks (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
2. 2.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a third cricket bat (c) a toy robot (d) toothpaste
3. 3.For Karan, is “medicine when ill” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
4. 4.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) a schoolbag (c) a school uniform (d) a toy robot
5. 5.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) sweets every day (b) a raincoat (c) medicine when ill (d) toothpaste
6. 6.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a school uniform (d) school shoes
7. 7.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a bigger TV (c) medicine when ill (d) sweets every day
8. 8.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a sticker album (c) soap (d) a video game
9. 9.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) soap (b) a bigger TV (c) a remote-control car (d) a sticker album
10. 10.Kavya has ₹750. First Kavya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹90) and a lunch box (₹150). How many rupees are left for wants?
11. 11.Karan has ₹600. First Karan pays for needs: school shoes (₹200) and socks (₹160). How many rupees are left for wants?
12. 12.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a warm blanket (b) a bigger TV (c) sweets every day (d) a glitter pen set
13. 13.Aditya has ₹500. First Aditya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹90) and socks (₹140). How many rupees are left for wants?
14. 14.For Diya, is “extra comic books” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
15. 15.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a video game (c) a toy robot (d) a school uniform
16. 16.Rohan has ₹600. First Rohan pays for needs: socks (₹170) and school shoes (₹200). How many rupees are left for wants?
17. 17.Manav has ₹700. First Manav pays for needs: notebooks (₹190) and a school uniform (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
18. 18.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) a raincoat (c) a remote-control car (d) a third cricket bat
19. 19.Dev has ₹550. First Dev pays for needs: school shoes (₹80) and a raincoat (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
20. 20.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) vegetables (c) bus fare to school (d) milk
21. 21.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) bus fare to school (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a glitter pen set (d) a sticker album
22. 22.For Isha, is “a glitter pen set” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
23. 23.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) a schoolbag (c) a new party dress (d) vegetables
24. 24.For Kavya, is “vegetables” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
25. 25.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) designer sunglasses (c) a new party dress (d) a schoolbag
26. 26.Saanvi has ₹500. First Saanvi pays for needs: socks (₹130) and school shoes (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
27. 27.For Saanvi, is “sweets every day” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
28. 28.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a glitter pen set (c) a remote-control car (d) soap
29. 29.Meera has ₹300. First Meera pays for needs: a geometry box (₹70) and school shoes (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
30. 30.For Joseph, is “milk” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
31. 31.For Vivaan, is “milk” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
32. 32.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) drinking water (c) a third cricket bat (d) rice and dal
33. 33.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a toy robot (c) school shoes (d) a glitter pen set
34. 34.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) a fancy phone cover (c) extra comic books (d) milk
35. 35.For Rahul, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
36. 36.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a video game (c) bus fare to school (d) designer sunglasses
37. 37.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a schoolbag (b) a sticker album (c) sweets every day (d) a new party dress
38. 38.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) notebooks for school (c) school shoes (d) a video game
39. 39.Arjun has ₹900. First Arjun pays for needs: a school uniform (₹220) and school shoes (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
40. 40.Lakshmi has ₹750. First Lakshmi pays for needs: a geometry box (₹160) and socks (₹210). How many rupees are left for wants?

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