Need It or Want It? is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on scarcity and choosing, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.1.K-2. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

Set 12 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.

Need It or Want It?

D2.Eco.1.K-2

NameDate

Sort each one into need or want.

1.Sort each one: Need or Want?

Sort: A toy robot, Somewhere to sleep, Sweets after lunch, A warm coat

NeedWant

2.Sort each one: Need or Want?

Sort: Water to drink, A new colouring pen, A birthday balloon, Food for dinner

NeedWant

3.Sort each one: Need or Want?

Sort: Shoes that fit, A second football, Stickers for your book, Medicine when ill

NeedWant

LessonPrint · D2.Eco.1.K-2 · Set 12 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Need It or Want It?

Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. A toy robot — Want 2. A warm coat — Need 3. Somewhere to sleep — Need 4. Sweets after lunch — Want
2.1. A birthday balloon — Want 2. A new colouring pen — Want 3. Food for dinner — Need 4. Water to drink — Need
3.1. A second football — Want 2. Medicine when ill — Need 3. Shoes that fit — Need 4. Stickers for your book — Want

More practice for D2.Eco.1.K-2

Explain that because there is never enough of everything, people have to choose.

Teaching this next? Not Enough for Everything is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.1.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.