Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 977 · 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.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) bus fare to school (c) a sticker album (d) a remote-control car
2. 2.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) milk (c) a third cricket bat (d) a new party dress
3. 3.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a bigger TV (c) a school uniform (d) a video game
4. 4.Kavya has ₹300. First Kavya pays for needs: notebooks (₹70) and a water bottle (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
5. 5.Karan has ₹550. First Karan pays for needs: socks (₹90) and notebooks (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
6. 6.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) designer sunglasses (c) a video game (d) notebooks for school
7. 7.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) toothpaste (b) a remote-control car (c) a warm blanket (d) a school uniform
8. 8.For Saanvi, is “milk” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
9. 9.For Aarav, is “a remote-control car” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
10. 10.Ananya has ₹750. First Ananya pays for needs: notebooks (₹100) and a water bottle (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
11. 11.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) toothpaste (c) a schoolbag (d) a sticker album
12. 12.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) sweets every day (c) designer sunglasses (d) a raincoat
13. 13.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) school shoes (c) sweets every day (d) a remote-control car
14. 14.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) drinking water (c) a new party dress (d) a school uniform
15. 15.For Zoya, is “extra comic books” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
16. 16.For Arjun, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
17. 17.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a sticker album (c) a bigger TV (d) a raincoat
18. 18.Arjun has ₹350. First Arjun pays for needs: a geometry box (₹100) and a lunch box (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
19. 19.For Riya, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
20. 20.Kabir has ₹450. First Kabir pays for needs: notebooks (₹70) and a water bottle (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
21. 21.Vivaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a sticker album (c) sweets every day (d) bus fare to school
22. 22.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) a fancy phone cover (c) drinking water (d) soap
23. 23.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) a school uniform (c) a new party dress (d) bus fare to school
24. 24.For Kabir, is “medicine when ill” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
25. 25.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) sweets every day (c) medicine when ill (d) a glitter pen set
26. 26.For Zoya, is “a schoolbag” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
27. 27.For Diya, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
28. 28.For Karan, is “toothpaste” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
29. 29.For Vivaan, is “a sticker album” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
30. 30.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) a schoolbag (c) medicine when ill (d) extra comic books
31. 31.Gurpreet is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) rice and dal (c) drinking water (d) designer sunglasses
32. 32.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) a toy robot (c) milk (d) a schoolbag
33. 33.Saanvi has ₹550. First Saanvi pays for needs: a lunch box (₹50) and a raincoat (₹170). How many rupees are left for wants?
34. 34.Sneha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) bus fare to school (b) a new party dress (c) a third cricket bat (d) extra comic books
35. 35.Dev is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) a raincoat (c) medicine when ill (d) a fancy phone cover
36. 36.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a warm blanket (b) designer sunglasses (c) a bigger TV (d) sweets every day
37. 37.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a glitter pen set (c) rice and dal (d) a fancy phone cover
38. 38.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a new party dress (c) a toy robot (d) soap
39. 39.For Manav, is “drinking water” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
40. 40.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) a third cricket bat (c) soap (d) toothpaste

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