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 23 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: Sweets after lunch, Water to drink, A birthday balloon, Somewhere to sleep

NeedWant

2.Sort each one: Need or Want?

Sort: A second football, Medicine when ill, Food for dinner, Stickers for your book

NeedWant

3.Sort each one: Need or Want?

Sort: A warm coat, Shoes that fit, A new colouring pen, A toy robot

NeedWant

LessonPrint · D2.Eco.1.K-2 · Set 23 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Need It or Want It?

Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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.