Step-by-Step AI Prompts Worksheet

AI for students lesson 11: Asking for step-by-step help · Set 208 · 40 questions

AI tip (Try, ask, practise): Step-by-step words: “step by step”, “show your working”, “explain each step”, “walk me through it”. Answer-only words: “just the answer”, “only the number”, “skip the working”, “no explanation”. Learning loop: 1 try it yourself → 2 ask for help (a hint or the steps, checking each step) → 3 practise a new one alone.

1. 1.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “One word answer: is 91 prime?” (a) asks only for the answer (b) asks for steps
2. 2.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Explain one step at a time why 7 × 8 = 56.” (a) asks only for the answer (b) asks for steps
3. 3.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Skip the working, what is 7 × 8?” (a) asks only for the answer (b) asks for steps
4. 4.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Walk me through how you found the area.” (a) asks for steps (b) asks only for the answer
5. 5.Which of these is stage 2 (ask for help)? (a) ask for the steps (b) have a go on your own (c) do one more on your own (d) try the sum yourself
6. 6.🪜 Which phrase asks for step-by-step help? (a) “explain each step” (b) “skip the working” (c) “no explanation” (d) “just the answer”
7. 7.🪜 Before asking AI for steps on homework, you should first… (a) try it yourself (b) give up (c) ask for the answer (d) copy a friend
8. 8.🔁 Learning a hard sum with AI: which should you do first — ask for one hint or attempt it on paper? (a) ask for one hint (b) attempt it on paper
9. 9.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Show each step of 456 ÷ 4.” (a) asks only for the answer (b) asks for steps
10. 10.True or false: “Show each step of 456 ÷ 4.” asks only for the final answer. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “One word answer: is 91 prime?” asks only for the final answer. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is stage 2 (ask for help)? (a) ask for one hint (b) try a similar sum alone (c) have a go on your own (d) attempt it on paper
13. 13.True or false: “Show your working for 15% of 240.” asks the AI to show the steps. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔁 Learning a hard sum with AI: which should you do first — do one more on your own or attempt it on paper? (a) do one more on your own (b) attempt it on paper
15. 15.Which of these is stage 1 (try it yourself)? (a) solve a new one alone (b) have a go on your own (c) ask for the steps (d) try a similar sum alone
16. 16.🪜 Why ask an AI chatbot to show the steps? (a) to get a longer answer (b) to make it slower (c) to copy faster (d) to learn the method
17. 17.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Solve 3x + 5 = 20 step by step.” (a) asks only for the answer (b) asks for steps
18. 18.🔁 Learning a hard sum with AI: which should you do first — have a go on your own or solve a new one alone? (a) have a go on your own (b) solve a new one alone
19. 19.Which of these is stage 2 (ask for help)? (a) try a similar sum alone (b) attempt it on paper (c) ask how to start (d) try the sum yourself
20. 20.True or false: “What is 15% of 240? Only the number.” asks the AI to show the steps. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “Show each step of 456 ÷ 4.” asks the AI to show the steps. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Final answer only for question 7.” (a) asks for steps (b) asks only for the answer
23. 23.True or false: “Solve 3x + 5 = 20 step by step.” asks only for the final answer. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🪜 An AI shows steps for a sum. What should you do with them? (a) ignore them (b) copy them blindly (c) check each step (d) delete them
25. 25.🔁 Learning a hard sum with AI: which should you do first — ask how to start or have a go on your own? (a) ask how to start (b) have a go on your own
26. 26.True or false: “Skip the working, what is 7 × 8?” asks only for the final answer. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Tell me the area, no explanation.” (a) asks only for the answer (b) asks for steps
28. 28.True or false: “Tell me the area, no explanation.” asks only for the final answer. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “Final answer only for question 7.” asks only for the final answer. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔁 Learning a hard sum with AI: which should you do first — solve a new one alone or have a go on your own? (a) solve a new one alone (b) have a go on your own
31. 31.True or false: “Walk me through how you found the area.” asks only for the final answer. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is stage 3 (practise alone)? (a) solve a new one alone (b) try the sum yourself (c) have a go on your own (d) ask for the steps
33. 33.True or false: “List the steps to make a paper boat.” asks only for the final answer. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Give me just the answers to all 10 sums.” (a) asks only for the answer (b) asks for steps
35. 35.Which of these is stage 1 (try it yourself)? (a) ask for the steps (b) solve a new one alone (c) ask for one hint (d) attempt it on paper
36. 36.True or false: “Final answer only for question 7.” asks the AI to show the steps. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Just give me the answer to 456 ÷ 4.” (a) asks for steps (b) asks only for the answer
38. 38.Which of these is stage 1 (try it yourself)? (a) try the sum yourself (b) try a similar sum alone (c) do one more on your own (d) ask how to start
39. 39.🔁 Learning a hard sum with AI: which should you do first — try the sum yourself or ask how to start? (a) try the sum yourself (b) ask how to start
40. 40.🔁 Learning a hard sum with AI: which should you do first — try the sum yourself or solve a new one alone? (a) try the sum yourself (b) solve a new one alone

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