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, 160 coaches and 205 fans as users. How many more players than coaches are there?
- 2.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) a dark mode switch (c) “I keep missing the bus” (d) a search bar
- 3.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 4.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) False (b) True
- 5.👥 A clinic app has 95 patients, 130 doctors and 125 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) nurses (c) doctors
- 6.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) pick the colours (b) ask and watch users (c) guess on your own (d) write the code
- 7.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a search bar? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 8.Which of these is a user need? (a) a search bar (b) “Small text is hard” (c) a share button (d) a dark mode switch
- 9.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a share button? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 10.👥 A cricket club app has 185 players, 290 coaches and 155 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 11.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) a share button (c) “What should I cook?” (d) a dark mode switch
- 12.🎯 Why learn about users before you build? (a) to pick a logo (b) to build what they need (c) to make it longer (d) to slow it down
- 13.👥 A library app has 205 readers, 240 librarians and 260 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) volunteers (b) librarians (c) readers
- 14.👥 A library app has 130 readers, 105 librarians and 70 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 15.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) the people who use it (b) only the coders (c) the app icons (d) only the testers
- 16.👥 A school app has 285 students, 105 teachers and 280 parents as users. How many more parents than teachers are there?
- 17.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a reader who finds small print hard. (a) False (b) True
- 18.👥 A school app has 265 students, 210 teachers and 105 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) students (c) teachers
- 19.👥 A library app has 215 readers, 75 librarians and 285 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) readers (b) librarians (c) volunteers
- 20.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen whose money runs out by Friday? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a homework planner (c) a big-text reader (d) a recipe finder
- 21.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 22.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a teen learning to make snacks. (a) True (b) False
- 23.👥 A clinic app has 290 patients, 160 doctors and 80 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 24.👥 A school app has 185 students, 255 teachers and 195 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) teachers (b) parents (c) students
- 25.👥 A clinic app has 75 patients, 145 doctors and 60 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) doctors (b) nurses (c) patients
- 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.👥 A school app has 295 students, 210 teachers and 90 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) teachers (c) students
- 28.👥 A cricket club app has 65 players, 190 coaches and 215 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 29.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a phone setting (b) a type of button (c) a colour theme (d) a problem a user has
- 31.👥 A school app has 35 students, 295 teachers and 160 parents as users. How many more parents than students are there?
- 32.👥 A library app has 265 readers, 185 librarians and 100 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) librarians (b) volunteers (c) readers
- 33.👥 A school app has 30 students, 90 teachers and 220 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) students (c) teachers
- 34.👥 A library app has 135 readers, 290 librarians and 20 volunteers as users. How many more librarians than readers are there?
- 35.👥 A library app has 110 readers, 20 librarians and 150 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 36.👥 A school app has 60 students, 300 teachers and 245 parents as users. How many more parents than students are there?
- 37.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a gamer who forgets to drink? (a) a big-text reader (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a water reminder (d) a homework planner
- 38.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a cook with no idea for dinner? (a) a big-text reader (b) a water reminder (c) a homework planner (d) a recipe finder
- 39.👥 A cricket club app has 290 players, 130 coaches and 250 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 40.👥 A clinic app has 45 patients, 235 doctors and 300 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) doctors (c) nurses
Answer key
- 75
- “I keep missing the bus”
- a user need
- True
- doctors
- ask and watch users
- a feature
- “Small text is hard”
- a feature
- 630
- “What should I cook?”
- to build what they need
- volunteers
- 305
- the people who use it
- 175
- True
- students
- volunteers
- a pocket-money tracker
- a user need
- True
- 530
- teachers
- doctors
- helps nobody well
- students
- 470
- False
- a problem a user has
- 125
- readers
- parents
- 155
- 280
- 185
- a water reminder
- a recipe finder
- 670
- nurses
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