Step-by-Step AI Prompts Worksheet

AI for students lesson 11: Asking for step-by-step help · Set 320 · 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.True or false: “List the steps to make a paper boat.” asks only for the final answer. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Show your working for 15% of 240.” (a) asks for steps (b) asks only for the answer
3. 3.🔁 Learning a hard sum with AI: which should you do first — do one more on your own or ask for one hint? (a) do one more on your own (b) ask for one hint
4. 4.True or false: “Show each step of 456 ÷ 4.” asks only for the final answer. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🪜 Which phrase asks for step-by-step help? (a) “explain each step” (b) “just the answer” (c) “skip the working” (d) “no explanation”
6. 6.Which of these is stage 1 (try it yourself)? (a) do one more on your own (b) try the sum yourself (c) ask for the steps (d) try a similar sum alone
7. 7.True or false: “Give me just the answers to all 10 sums.” asks only for the final answer. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is stage 1 (try it yourself)? (a) solve a new one alone (b) try a similar sum alone (c) have a go on your own (d) ask for one hint
9. 9.True or false: “Show each step of 456 ÷ 4.” asks the AI to show the steps. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔁 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
11. 11.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Show each step of 456 ÷ 4.” (a) asks only for the answer (b) asks for steps
12. 12.True or false: “Give me just the answers to all 10 sums.” asks the AI to show the steps. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔁 Learning a hard sum with AI: which should you do first — ask for one hint or solve a new one alone? (a) ask for one hint (b) solve a new one alone
14. 14.Which of these is stage 3 (practise alone)? (a) ask how to start (b) do one more on your own (c) try the sum yourself (d) attempt it on paper
15. 15.🔁 Learning a hard sum with AI: which should you do first — solve a new one alone or try the sum yourself? (a) solve a new one alone (b) try the sum yourself
16. 16.Which of these is stage 1 (try it yourself)? (a) solve a new one alone (b) ask for the steps (c) ask for one hint (d) attempt it on paper
17. 17.Which of these is stage 3 (practise alone)? (a) have a go on your own (b) ask for one hint (c) try a similar sum alone (d) ask for the steps
18. 18.🔁 Learning a hard sum with AI: which should you do first — solve a new one alone or ask for the steps? (a) solve a new one alone (b) ask for the steps
19. 19.🔁 Learning a hard sum with AI: which should you do first — try a similar sum alone or try the sum yourself? (a) try a similar sum alone (b) try the sum yourself
20. 20.Which of these is stage 2 (ask for help)? (a) solve a new one alone (b) try a similar sum alone (c) attempt it on paper (d) ask how to start
21. 21.True or false: “Just give me the answer to 456 ÷ 4.” asks only for the final answer. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔁 Learning a hard sum with AI: which should you do first — try the sum yourself or do one more on your own? (a) try the sum yourself (b) do one more on your own
23. 23.🔁 Learning a hard sum with AI: which should you do first — do one more on your own or have a go on your own? (a) do one more on your own (b) have a go on your own
24. 24.True or false: “One word answer: is 91 prime?” asks the AI to show the steps. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “What is 15% of 240? Only the number.” (a) asks only for the answer (b) asks for steps
26. 26.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Answer only: what is x if 3x + 5 = 20?” (a) asks only for the answer (b) asks for steps
27. 27.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Skip the working, what is 7 × 8?” (a) asks for steps (b) asks only for the answer
28. 28.🪜 Why ask an AI chatbot to show the steps? (a) to copy faster (b) to get a longer answer (c) to learn the method (d) to make it slower
29. 29.True or false: “Just give me the answer to 456 ÷ 4.” asks the AI to show the steps. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔁 Learning a hard sum with AI: which should you do first — have a go on your own or do one more on your own? (a) have a go on your own (b) do one more on your own
31. 31.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Break this word problem into small steps.” (a) asks for steps (b) asks only for the answer
32. 32.True or false: “One word answer: is 91 prime?” asks only for the final answer. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Tell me the area, no explanation.” (a) asks only for the answer (b) asks for steps
34. 34.Which of these is stage 2 (ask for help)? (a) do one more on your own (b) ask for one hint (c) try a similar sum alone (d) try the sum yourself
35. 35.True or false: “What is 15% of 240? Only the number.” asks only for the final answer. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Just give me the answer to 456 ÷ 4.” (a) asks for steps (b) asks only for the answer
37. 37.🔁 Learning a hard sum with AI: which should you do first — try the sum yourself or ask for one hint? (a) try the sum yourself (b) ask for one hint
38. 38.True or false: “Walk me through how you found the area.” asks the AI to show the steps. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🪜 Before asking AI for steps on homework, you should first… (a) copy a friend (b) give up (c) try it yourself (d) ask for the answer
40. 40.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “List the steps to make a paper boat.” (a) asks for steps (b) asks only for the answer

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