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 235 players, 255 coaches and 210 fans as users. How many more coaches than players are there?
- 2.👥 A cricket club app has 110 players, 225 coaches and 65 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) coaches (b) players (c) fans
- 3.👥 A cricket club app has 260 players, 45 coaches and 195 fans as users. How many more fans than coaches are there?
- 4.👥 A clinic app has 190 patients, 240 doctors and 25 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) nurses (b) patients (c) doctors
- 5.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who keeps forgetting due dates? (a) a water reminder (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a homework planner (d) a recipe finder
- 6.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a search bar? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 7.👥 A cricket club app has 35 players, 240 coaches and 40 fans as users. How many more coaches than players are there?
- 8.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a colour theme (b) a type of button (c) a phone setting (d) a problem a user has
- 9.Which of these is a feature? (a) “Small text is hard” (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) “I forget my homework” (d) a reminder alarm
- 10.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a pupil juggling five projects. (a) True (b) False
- 11.👥 A cricket club app has 100 players, 20 coaches and 265 fans as users. How many more fans than players are there?
- 12.👥 A library app has 65 readers, 45 librarians and 100 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 13.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a reader who finds small print hard? (a) a big-text reader (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a bus tracker (d) a homework planner
- 14.👥 A library app has 45 readers, 205 librarians and 75 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 15.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) False (b) True
- 16.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a runner who forgets to sip water. (a) True (b) False
- 17.👥 A library app has 125 readers, 150 librarians and 65 volunteers as users. How many more librarians than readers are there?
- 18.👥 A school app has 140 students, 250 teachers and 80 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) students (b) teachers (c) parents
- 19.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) a share button (c) “Small text is hard” (d) “I forget my homework”
- 20.👥 A school app has 90 students, 230 teachers and 140 parents as users. How many more parents than students are there?
- 21.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a runner who forgets to sip water? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a water reminder (c) a bus tracker (d) a recipe finder
- 22.👥 A clinic app has 230 patients, 85 doctors and 190 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 23.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) write the code (b) guess on your own (c) ask and watch users (d) pick the colours
- 24.Which of these is a user need? (a) a dark mode switch (b) a search bar (c) “I forget my homework” (d) a reminder alarm
- 25.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) needs no testing (b) is easy to build (c) helps nobody well (d) wins every prize
- 26.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a child saving up for a cycle? (a) a homework planner (b) a water reminder (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a recipe finder
- 27.👥 A school app has 45 students, 275 teachers and 55 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 28.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 29.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) True (b) False
- 30.👥 A clinic app has 290 patients, 140 doctors and 115 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 31.🎯 Why learn about users before you build? (a) to slow it down (b) to make it longer (c) to build what they need (d) to pick a logo
- 32.👥 A cricket club app has 140 players, 100 coaches and 75 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) players (b) fans (c) coaches
- 33.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a gamer who forgets to drink. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen whose money runs out by Friday? (a) a water reminder (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a big-text reader (d) a recipe finder
- 35.👥 A library app has 170 readers, 140 librarians and 245 volunteers as users. How many more volunteers than librarians are there?
- 36.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a share button? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 37.Which of these is a feature? (a) a search bar (b) “I forget my homework” (c) “What should I cook?” (d) “Small text is hard”
- 38.👥 A school app has 180 students, 285 teachers and 170 parents as users. How many more students than parents are there?
- 39.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) protocol (b) pixel (c) persona (d) password
Answer key
- 20
- coaches
- 150
- doctors
- a homework planner
- a feature
- 205
- a problem a user has
- a reminder alarm
- False
- 165
- 210
- a big-text reader
- 325
- False
- True
- 25
- teachers
- a share button
- 50
- a water reminder
- 505
- ask and watch users
- “I forget my homework”
- helps nobody well
- a pocket-money tracker
- 375
- a user need
- True
- 545
- to build what they need
- players
- False
- a pocket-money tracker
- 105
- a feature
- a search bar
- 10
- False
- persona
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