Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 99 · 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 Kabir, is “toothpaste” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
2. 2.For Gurpreet, is “sweets every day” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
3. 3.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a bigger TV (b) bus fare to school (c) medicine when ill (d) vegetables
4. 4.For Arjun, is “a video game” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
5. 5.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) vegetables (b) a toy robot (c) extra comic books (d) a remote-control car
6. 6.Nisha has ₹850. First Nisha pays for needs: a lunch box (₹260) and socks (₹200). How many rupees are left for wants?
7. 7.For Priya, is “toothpaste” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
8. 8.Kabir has ₹400. First Kabir pays for needs: socks (₹80) and a raincoat (₹50). How many rupees are left for wants?
9. 9.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) designer sunglasses (b) notebooks for school (c) toothpaste (d) a schoolbag
10. 10.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) a video game (c) vegetables (d) soap
11. 11.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) milk (c) a fancy phone cover (d) drinking water
12. 12.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) milk (b) designer sunglasses (c) a third cricket bat (d) a video game
13. 13.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) milk (b) vegetables (c) drinking water (d) a glitter pen set
14. 14.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) drinking water (b) toothpaste (c) a schoolbag (d) sweets every day
15. 15.For Ishaan, is “school shoes” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
16. 16.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) bus fare to school (b) a new party dress (c) a video game (d) sweets every day
17. 17.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) extra comic books (b) milk (c) school shoes (d) vegetables
18. 18.Rohan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a toy robot (c) a schoolbag (d) extra comic books
19. 19.Arjun is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a glitter pen set (c) medicine when ill (d) a fancy phone cover
20. 20.Arjun has ₹550. First Arjun pays for needs: school shoes (₹70) and a geometry box (₹60). How many rupees are left for wants?
21. 21.Saanvi has ₹750. First Saanvi pays for needs: a lunch box (₹160) and school shoes (₹220). How many rupees are left for wants?
22. 22.Lakshmi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) sweets every day (b) a third cricket bat (c) school shoes (d) a new party dress
23. 23.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) notebooks for school (b) toothpaste (c) school shoes (d) a sticker album
24. 24.Zoya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a toy robot (b) a fancy phone cover (c) a new party dress (d) notebooks for school
25. 25.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a schoolbag (b) bus fare to school (c) rice and dal (d) a toy robot
26. 26.Vivaan has ₹600. First Vivaan pays for needs: socks (₹70) and school shoes (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
27. 27.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a school uniform (b) school shoes (c) rice and dal (d) a third cricket bat
28. 28.Karan has ₹800. First Karan pays for needs: a lunch box (₹190) and a water bottle (₹230). How many rupees are left for wants?
29. 29.For Nisha, is “vegetables” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
30. 30.Karan has ₹650. First Karan pays for needs: a school uniform (₹170) and socks (₹190). How many rupees are left for wants?
31. 31.For Nisha, is “toothpaste” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
32. 32.Pooja is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) a sticker album (c) a toy robot (d) milk
33. 33.For Gurpreet, is “vegetables” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
34. 34.Tara is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a raincoat (c) a video game (d) sweets every day
35. 35.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) soap (b) vegetables (c) toothpaste (d) sweets every day
36. 36.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a toy robot (c) a sticker album (d) milk
37. 37.For Sneha, is “extra comic books” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
38. 38.Joseph is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a bigger TV (c) rice and dal (d) a toy robot
39. 39.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) a new party dress (c) medicine when ill (d) a warm blanket
40. 40.Manav has ₹800. First Manav pays for needs: notebooks (₹70) and a school uniform (₹170). How many rupees are left for wants?

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