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 80 players, 75 coaches and 180 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 2.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a cook with no idea for dinner? (a) a big-text reader (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a homework planner (d) a recipe finder
- 3.👥 A library app has 215 readers, 185 librarians and 110 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) librarians (b) volunteers (c) readers
- 4.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a parent waiting at the bus stop? (a) a recipe finder (b) a big-text reader (c) a bus tracker (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 5.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) a dark mode switch (c) “Small text is hard” (d) a share button
- 6.👥 A cricket club app has 35 players, 75 coaches and 70 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) coaches (b) fans (c) players
- 7.Which of these is a feature? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) “Small text is hard” (c) “I keep missing the bus” (d) a reminder alarm
- 8.Which of these is a feature? (a) “Small text is hard” (b) “I forget my homework” (c) “I keep missing the bus” (d) a dark mode switch
- 9.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) is easy to build (b) helps nobody well (c) wins every prize (d) needs no testing
- 10.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 11.👥 A clinic app has 225 patients, 200 doctors and 180 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) doctors (b) patients (c) nurses
- 12.👥 A cricket club app has 105 players, 75 coaches and 220 fans as users. How many more players than coaches are there?
- 13.👥 A library app has 125 readers, 185 librarians and 120 volunteers as users. How many more librarians than readers are there?
- 14.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a parent waiting at the bus stop. (a) True (b) False
- 15.👥 A cricket club app has 40 players, 240 coaches and 30 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 16.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a share button? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 17.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 18.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a grandparent with weak eyesight? (a) a recipe finder (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a big-text reader (d) a water reminder
- 19.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a reader who finds small print hard? (a) a big-text reader (b) a bus tracker (c) a water reminder (d) a homework planner
- 20.👥 A clinic app has 200 patients, 240 doctors and 135 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) nurses (b) patients (c) doctors
- 21.👥 A library app has 300 readers, 150 librarians and 40 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 22.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a problem a user has (b) a phone setting (c) a colour theme (d) a type of button
- 23.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a pupil juggling five projects. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a pupil juggling five projects? (a) a water reminder (b) a recipe finder (c) a bus tracker (d) a homework planner
- 25.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 26.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen whose money runs out by Friday? (a) a recipe finder (b) a bus tracker (c) a homework planner (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 27.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a search bar? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 28.👥 A clinic app has 215 patients, 295 doctors and 145 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 29.👥 A school app has 65 students, 255 teachers and 60 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) teachers (c) students
- 30.👥 A school app has 160 students, 240 teachers and 50 parents as users. How many more teachers than parents are there?
- 31.Which of these is a user need? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) a search bar (c) a share button (d) a dark mode switch
- 32.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a runner who forgets to sip water? (a) a bus tracker (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a homework planner (d) a water reminder
- 33.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen learning to make snacks? (a) a water reminder (b) a bus tracker (c) a big-text reader (d) a recipe finder
- 34.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a grandparent with weak eyesight. (a) True (b) False
- 35.Which of these is a user need? (a) a share button (b) a dark mode switch (c) a search bar (d) “What should I cook?”
- 36.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) guess on your own (b) ask and watch users (c) pick the colours (d) write the code
- 37.👥 A clinic app has 290 patients, 165 doctors and 160 nurses as users. How many more patients than doctors are there?
- 38.👥 A cricket club app has 135 players, 150 coaches and 165 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) coaches (b) players (c) fans
- 39.👥 A clinic app has 175 patients, 160 doctors and 235 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) nurses (b) patients (c) doctors
- 40.👥 A library app has 185 readers, 255 librarians and 25 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) readers (b) volunteers (c) librarians
Answer key
- 335
- a recipe finder
- readers
- a bus tracker
- “Small text is hard”
- coaches
- a reminder alarm
- a dark mode switch
- helps nobody well
- a user need
- patients
- 30
- 60
- False
- 310
- a feature
- a user need
- a big-text reader
- a big-text reader
- doctors
- 490
- a problem a user has
- True
- a homework planner
- a user need
- a pocket-money tracker
- a feature
- 655
- teachers
- 190
- “I forget my homework”
- a water reminder
- a recipe finder
- False
- “What should I cook?”
- ask and watch users
- 125
- fans
- nurses
- librarians
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