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 library app has 210 readers, 80 librarians and 180 volunteers as users. How many more readers than librarians are there?
- 2.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”
- 3.Which of these is a feature? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) “Small text is hard” (d) a dark mode switch
- 4.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) “Small text is hard” (d) a reminder alarm
- 5.👥 A library app has 95 readers, 55 librarians and 20 volunteers as users. How many more librarians than volunteers are there?
- 6.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a pupil juggling five projects. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 8.👥 A school app has 95 students, 125 teachers and 60 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) teachers (b) students (c) parents
- 9.Which of these is a user need? (a) a search bar (b) a reminder alarm (c) a dark mode switch (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 10.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a parent waiting at the bus stop. (a) False (b) True
- 11.👥 A clinic app has 80 patients, 225 doctors and 270 nurses as users. How many more nurses than patients are there?
- 12.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a share button? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 13.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a search bar? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 14.Which of these is a user need? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) a search bar (c) a dark mode switch (d) a reminder alarm
- 15.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a cook with no idea for dinner? (a) a water reminder (b) a bus tracker (c) a recipe finder (d) a homework planner
- 16.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a teen learning to make snacks. (a) False (b) True
- 17.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) False (b) True
- 18.👥 A clinic app has 170 patients, 155 doctors and 280 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 19.👥 A library app has 40 readers, 115 librarians and 245 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 20.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 21.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) guess on your own (b) ask and watch users (c) write the code (d) pick the colours
- 22.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a reminder alarm? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 23.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a child saving up for a cycle. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who often misses the school bus? (a) a water reminder (b) a big-text reader (c) a bus tracker (d) a recipe finder
- 25.👥 A cricket club app has 230 players, 140 coaches and 25 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) players (b) coaches (c) fans
- 26.👥 A cricket club app has 230 players, 200 coaches and 135 fans as users. How many more players than coaches are there?
- 27.Which of these is a feature? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) a share button (c) “Small text is hard” (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 28.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) only the coders (b) only the testers (c) the app icons (d) the people who use it
- 29.👥 A cricket club app has 75 players, 255 coaches and 140 fans as users. How many more coaches than players are there?
- 30.👥 A cricket club app has 165 players, 45 coaches and 245 fans as users. How many more players than coaches are there?
- 31.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a child saving up for a cycle? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a bus tracker (c) a recipe finder (d) a homework planner
- 32.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a type of button (b) a phone setting (c) a problem a user has (d) a colour theme
- 33.👥 A cricket club app has 265 players, 50 coaches and 260 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 34.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a parent waiting at the bus stop? (a) a water reminder (b) a bus tracker (c) a homework planner (d) a recipe finder
- 35.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 36.👥 A school app has 145 students, 175 teachers and 120 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) students (b) parents (c) teachers
- 37.Which of these is a user need? (a) a search bar (b) a reminder alarm (c) a share button (d) “I forget my homework”
- 38.👥 A school app has 235 students, 185 teachers and 285 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) students (c) teachers
- 39.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who keeps forgetting due dates? (a) a big-text reader (b) a water reminder (c) a recipe finder (d) a homework planner
Answer key
- 130
- a search bar
- a dark mode switch
- a reminder alarm
- 35
- False
- a user need
- teachers
- “I keep missing the bus”
- False
- 190
- a feature
- a feature
- “What should I cook?”
- a recipe finder
- True
- True
- 605
- 400
- a user need
- ask and watch users
- a feature
- True
- a bus tracker
- players
- 30
- a share button
- the people who use it
- 180
- 120
- a pocket-money tracker
- a problem a user has
- 575
- a bus tracker
- a user need
- teachers
- “I forget my homework”
- parents
- False
- a homework planner
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