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.👥 A cricket club app has 115 players, 20 coaches and 100 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 2.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a parent waiting at the bus stop? (a) a water reminder (b) a big-text reader (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a bus tracker
- 3.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) persona (b) password (c) protocol (d) pixel
- 4.👥 A cricket club app has 155 players, 275 coaches and 55 fans as users. How many more coaches than fans are there?
- 5.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a grandparent with weak eyesight? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a big-text reader (c) a homework planner (d) a recipe finder
- 6.👥 A cricket club app has 50 players, 200 coaches and 80 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 7.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) “I forget my homework” (c) a search bar (d) “Small text is hard”
- 8.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 9.👥 A school app has 50 students, 170 teachers and 85 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) students (b) teachers (c) parents
- 10.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) True (b) False
- 11.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) “Small text is hard” (c) a dark mode switch (d) a share button
- 12.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a gamer who forgets to drink. (a) True (b) False
- 13.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a child saving up for a cycle. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a pupil juggling five projects? (a) a recipe finder (b) a big-text reader (c) a water reminder (d) a homework planner
- 15.🎯 Why learn about users before you build? (a) to make it longer (b) to slow it down (c) to build what they need (d) to pick a logo
- 16.👥 A school app has 45 students, 20 teachers and 50 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) teachers (b) students (c) parents
- 17.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) write the code (b) pick the colours (c) ask and watch users (d) guess on your own
- 18.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) a reminder alarm (c) “What should I cook?” (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 19.Which of these is a user need? (a) a dark mode switch (b) a search bar (c) a share button (d) “I forget my homework”
- 20.👥 A school app has 105 students, 295 teachers and 70 parents as users. How many more teachers than students are there?
- 21.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a runner who forgets to sip water? (a) a bus tracker (b) a water reminder (c) a homework planner (d) a recipe finder
- 22.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a problem a user has (b) a phone setting (c) a type of button (d) a colour theme
- 23.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) True (b) False
- 24.👥 A clinic app has 150 patients, 25 doctors and 245 nurses as users. How many more patients than doctors are there?
- 25.👥 A school app has 245 students, 145 teachers and 185 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 26.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) wins every prize (b) is easy to build (c) helps nobody well (d) needs no testing
- 27.Which of these is a user need? (a) a search bar (b) a dark mode switch (c) “What should I cook?” (d) a share button
- 28.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 29.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen whose money runs out by Friday? (a) a bus tracker (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a homework planner (d) a recipe finder
- 30.👥 A school app has 160 students, 100 teachers and 250 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) students (b) parents (c) teachers
- 31.Which of these is a feature? (a) “Small text is hard” (b) “I forget my homework” (c) “What should I cook?” (d) a share button
- 32.👥 A school app has 55 students, 250 teachers and 40 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 33.👥 A library app has 155 readers, 55 librarians and 50 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 34.👥 A library app has 25 readers, 135 librarians and 145 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) readers (b) librarians (c) volunteers
- 35.👥 A clinic app has 40 patients, 160 doctors and 65 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 36.👥 A library app has 200 readers, 35 librarians and 65 volunteers as users. How many more readers than volunteers are there?
- 37.👥 A cricket club app has 70 players, 200 coaches and 220 fans as users. How many more coaches than players are there?
- 38.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a dark mode switch? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 39.👥 A school app has 270 students, 215 teachers and 135 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) students (b) teachers (c) parents
- 40.👥 A library app has 255 readers, 155 librarians and 115 volunteers as users. How many more readers than librarians are there?
Answer key
- 235
- a bus tracker
- persona
- 220
- a big-text reader
- 330
- a search bar
- a user need
- teachers
- True
- “Small text is hard”
- False
- True
- a homework planner
- to build what they need
- parents
- ask and watch users
- a reminder alarm
- “I forget my homework”
- 190
- a water reminder
- a problem a user has
- True
- 125
- 575
- helps nobody well
- “What should I cook?”
- a user need
- a pocket-money tracker
- parents
- a share button
- 345
- 260
- volunteers
- 265
- 135
- 130
- a feature
- students
- 100
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