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 school app has 175 students, 160 teachers and 180 parents as users. How many more parents than students are there?
- 2.👥 A cricket club app has 20 players, 70 coaches and 235 fans as users. How many more fans than players are there?
- 3.👥 A library app has 195 readers, 20 librarians and 200 volunteers as users. How many more volunteers than readers are there?
- 4.Which of these is a user need? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) a dark mode switch (c) a reminder alarm (d) a search bar
- 5.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a grandparent with weak eyesight. (a) True (b) False
- 6.👥 A library app has 130 readers, 190 librarians and 265 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) volunteers (b) readers (c) librarians
- 7.👥 A clinic app has 180 patients, 200 doctors and 120 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) nurses (b) doctors (c) patients
- 8.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) helps nobody well (b) needs no testing (c) is easy to build (d) wins every prize
- 9.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who often misses the school bus? (a) a recipe finder (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a water reminder (d) a bus tracker
- 10.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) protocol (b) pixel (c) password (d) persona
- 11.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a phone setting (b) a problem a user has (c) a type of button (d) a colour theme
- 12.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 13.👥 A clinic app has 165 patients, 95 doctors and 185 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) doctors (b) patients (c) nurses
- 14.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a reader who finds small print hard? (a) a bus tracker (b) a big-text reader (c) a water reminder (d) a homework planner
- 15.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a pupil juggling five projects. (a) False (b) True
- 16.Which of these is a feature? (a) a share button (b) “Small text is hard” (c) “What should I cook?” (d) “I forget my homework”
- 17.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a child saving up for a cycle? (a) a homework planner (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a big-text reader (d) a recipe finder
- 18.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
- 19.👥 A clinic app has 70 patients, 195 doctors and 55 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 20.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a dark mode switch? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 21.👥 A clinic app has 45 patients, 150 doctors and 260 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) doctors (b) patients (c) nurses
- 22.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a reminder alarm? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 23.Which of these is a user need? (a) a dark mode switch (b) a share button (c) “I forget my homework” (d) a reminder alarm
- 24.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) a dark mode switch (c) “Small text is hard” (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 25.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 26.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a parent waiting at the bus stop? (a) a big-text reader (b) a bus tracker (c) a homework planner (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 27.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a share button? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 28.👥 A clinic app has 135 patients, 255 doctors and 85 nurses as users. How many more patients than nurses are there?
- 29.👥 A library app has 65 readers, 20 librarians and 210 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 30.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) pick the colours (b) guess on your own (c) ask and watch users (d) write the code
- 31.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 32.👥 A clinic app has 100 patients, 110 doctors and 20 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 33.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a grandparent with weak eyesight. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a pupil juggling five projects? (a) a big-text reader (b) a homework planner (c) a recipe finder (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 35.👥 A school app has 105 students, 220 teachers and 230 parents as users. How many more parents than teachers are there?
- 36.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a gamer who forgets to drink. (a) True (b) False
- 37.👥 A school app has 95 students, 235 teachers and 280 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 38.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) only the testers (b) the people who use it (c) only the coders (d) the app icons
- 39.👥 A clinic app has 95 patients, 110 doctors and 205 nurses as users. How many more nurses than doctors are there?
- 40.👥 A cricket club app has 245 players, 70 coaches and 265 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) players (b) coaches (c) fans
Answer key
- 5
- 215
- 5
- “What should I cook?”
- False
- volunteers
- doctors
- helps nobody well
- a bus tracker
- persona
- a problem a user has
- a user need
- nurses
- a big-text reader
- False
- a share button
- a pocket-money tracker
- “I keep missing the bus”
- 320
- a feature
- nurses
- a feature
- “I forget my homework”
- a dark mode switch
- a user need
- a bus tracker
- a feature
- 50
- 295
- ask and watch users
- a user need
- 230
- False
- a homework planner
- 10
- False
- 610
- the people who use it
- 95
- fans
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