How many copies needed or How many copies are needed?

[kumar17]

I need photocopies of your document.

Ok. How many copies are needed?

I think the above one is correct but I see people saying "How many needed?" Which one is correct?

 

[5jj]

OK. How many copies are needed?

Only that one is a complete sentence.

 

[emsr2d2]

"How many needed?" is wrong. You can omit "copies" but not "are".

 

[Tdol]

It's the kind of thing you might see in an email or chat, but it is grammatically incomplete.