App Dev Worksheet: Users and Needs
Developer's tip (User first): Users are the people the app is for; there are often several groups (students, teachers, parents). A need is the user’s problem; a feature is how the app solves it. Ask and watch real users before you build.
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- 1.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a child saving up for a cycle? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a homework planner (c) a water reminder (d) a recipe finder
- 2.Which of these is a user need? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) a dark mode switch (c) a reminder alarm (d) a share button
- 3.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) a reminder alarm (c) “I forget my homework” (d) “Small text is hard”
- 4.👥 A school app has 230 students, 35 teachers and 185 parents as users. How many more students than teachers are there?
- 5.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a pupil juggling five projects? (a) a recipe finder (b) a homework planner (c) a water reminder (d) a big-text reader
- 6.👥 A school app has 240 students, 230 teachers and 140 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) teachers (b) students (c) parents
- 7.👥 A school app has 30 students, 215 teachers and 180 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) students (b) parents (c) teachers
- 8.👥 A school app has 75 students, 175 teachers and 70 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) teachers (b) students (c) parents
- 9.Which of these is a user need? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) a dark mode switch (c) a search bar (d) a reminder alarm
- 10.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) guess on your own (b) write the code (c) pick the colours (d) ask and watch users
- 11.👥 A library app has 170 readers, 185 librarians and 70 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 12.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) is easy to build (b) needs no testing (c) helps nobody well (d) wins every prize
- 13.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a parent waiting at the bus stop? (a) a recipe finder (b) a bus tracker (c) a water reminder (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 14.👥 A library app has 50 readers, 230 librarians and 120 volunteers as users. How many more librarians than readers are there?
- 15.👥 A cricket club app has 20 players, 80 coaches and 105 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 16.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a search bar? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 17.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a share button? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 18.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) the app icons (b) only the testers (c) the people who use it (d) only the coders
- 19.👥 A library app has 55 readers, 250 librarians and 275 volunteers as users. How many more volunteers than readers are there?
- 20.👥 A library app has 295 readers, 90 librarians and 255 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) volunteers (b) readers (c) librarians
- 21.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a phone setting (b) a type of button (c) a colour theme (d) a problem a user has
- 22.👥 A library app has 230 readers, 220 librarians and 130 volunteers as users. How many more readers than volunteers are there?
- 23.👥 A school app has 55 students, 180 teachers and 45 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 24.Which of these is a user need? (a) a share button (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) a reminder alarm (d) a search bar
- 25.👥 A clinic app has 195 patients, 155 doctors and 225 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) doctors (b) nurses (c) patients
- 26.👥 A library app has 195 readers, 170 librarians and 220 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 27.👥 A school app has 160 students, 165 teachers and 40 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) teachers (c) students
- 28.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a reader who finds small print hard. (a) True (b) False
- 29.👥 A clinic app has 215 patients, 20 doctors and 50 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 30.👥 A cricket club app has 130 players, 215 coaches and 100 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) players (b) coaches (c) fans
- 31.👥 A clinic app has 210 patients, 60 doctors and 40 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 32.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) False (b) True
- 33.👥 A cricket club app has 60 players, 155 coaches and 300 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) players (b) coaches (c) fans
- 34.👥 A library app has 165 readers, 170 librarians and 155 volunteers as users. How many more librarians than readers are there?
- 35.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 37.👥 A cricket club app has 70 players, 255 coaches and 160 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 38.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) True (b) False
- 39.👥 A clinic app has 65 patients, 150 doctors and 100 nurses as users. How many more doctors than nurses are there?
- 40.👥 A cricket club app has 120 players, 195 coaches and 30 fans as users. How many more coaches than players are there?
Answer key
- a pocket-money tracker
- “What should I cook?”
- a reminder alarm
- 195
- a homework planner
- students
- teachers
- teachers
- “I forget my homework”
- ask and watch users
- 425
- helps nobody well
- a bus tracker
- 180
- 205
- a feature
- a feature
- the people who use it
- 220
- readers
- a problem a user has
- 100
- 280
- “I keep missing the bus”
- nurses
- 585
- teachers
- False
- 285
- coaches
- 310
- True
- fans
- 5
- True
- a user need
- 485
- False
- 50
- 75
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