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 22 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 new colouring pen, A birthday balloon, Water to drink, A warm coat

NeedWant

2.Sort each one: Need or Want?

Sort: A toy robot, Food for dinner, Stickers for your book, Somewhere to sleep

NeedWant

3.Sort each one: Need or Want?

Sort: Medicine when ill, A second football, Shoes that fit, Sweets after lunch

NeedWant

LessonPrint · D2.Eco.1.K-2 · Set 22 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Need It or Want It?

Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.

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