Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 984 · 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.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) designer sunglasses (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a remote-control car (d) a warm blanket
2. 2.Arjun has ₹900. First Arjun pays for needs: notebooks (₹230) and a raincoat (₹130). How many rupees are left for wants?
3. 3.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) soap (c) school shoes (d) a remote-control car
4. 4.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) school shoes (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a third cricket bat (d) a glitter pen set
5. 5.Karan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a remote-control car (c) a glitter pen set (d) a school uniform
6. 6.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a sticker album (b) a school uniform (c) medicine when ill (d) notebooks for school
7. 7.Ananya has ₹600. First Ananya pays for needs: socks (₹180) and a raincoat (₹90). How many rupees are left for wants?
8. 8.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) soap (c) rice and dal (d) extra comic books
9. 9.For Aditya, is “a video game” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
10. 10.Arjun has ₹300. First Arjun pays for needs: a school uniform (₹70) and a lunch box (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
11. 11.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a raincoat (b) drinking water (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a schoolbag
12. 12.Dev has ₹1000. First Dev pays for needs: a geometry box (₹120) and a raincoat (₹330). How many rupees are left for wants?
13. 13.Sneha has ₹800. First Sneha pays for needs: a geometry box (₹90) and socks (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
14. 14.Dev has ₹450. First Dev pays for needs: a raincoat (₹50) and school shoes (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
15. 15.Aditya has ₹450. First Aditya pays for needs: school shoes (₹70) and a school uniform (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
16. 16.Kavya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a sticker album (c) a video game (d) notebooks for school
17. 17.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a third cricket bat (b) a toy robot (c) a raincoat (d) designer sunglasses
18. 18.For Ananya, is “vegetables” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
19. 19.Vivaan has ₹850. First Vivaan pays for needs: socks (₹230) and notebooks (₹210). How many rupees are left for wants?
20. 20.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) vegetables (c) milk (d) extra comic books
21. 21.Sneha has ₹300. First Sneha pays for needs: notebooks (₹90) and a geometry box (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
22. 22.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) a new party dress (c) milk (d) rice and dal
23. 23.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) a schoolbag (c) a fancy phone cover (d) school shoes
24. 24.Priya has ₹300. First Priya pays for needs: a school uniform (₹80) and socks (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
25. 25.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) a schoolbag (c) a toy robot (d) a warm blanket
26. 26.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) sweets every day (c) drinking water (d) a warm blanket
27. 27.Vivaan has ₹850. First Vivaan pays for needs: school shoes (₹270) and a lunch box (₹260). How many rupees are left for wants?
28. 28.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) medicine when ill (b) milk (c) notebooks for school (d) a remote-control car
29. 29.For Ishaan, is “extra comic books” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
30. 30.Kabir has ₹550. First Kabir pays for needs: school shoes (₹180) and a raincoat (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
31. 31.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a schoolbag (c) a warm blanket (d) milk
32. 32.Farhan has ₹700. First Farhan pays for needs: a raincoat (₹220) and notebooks (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
33. 33.For Saanvi, is “a video game” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
34. 34.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) school shoes (b) a remote-control car (c) a third cricket bat (d) a glitter pen set
35. 35.Arjun has ₹400. First Arjun pays for needs: notebooks (₹60) and school shoes (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
36. 36.Priya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) school shoes (c) a school uniform (d) a toy robot
37. 37.Pooja has ₹450. First Pooja pays for needs: a lunch box (₹110) and a raincoat (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
38. 38.For Vivaan, is “a glitter pen set” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
39. 39.Kabir has ₹300. First Kabir pays for needs: notebooks (₹100) and school shoes (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
40. 40.Rohan has ₹550. First Rohan pays for needs: a geometry box (₹100) and notebooks (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?

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