Step-by-Step AI Prompts Worksheet

AI for students lesson 11: Asking for step-by-step help · Set 41 · 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? “Walk me through how you found the area.” (a) asks for steps (b) asks only for the answer
2. 2.True or false: “Give me just the answers to all 10 sums.” asks the AI to show the steps. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is stage 2 (ask for help)? (a) attempt it on paper (b) try a similar sum alone (c) ask how to start (d) try the sum yourself
4. 4.🔁 Learning a hard sum with AI: which should you do first — try a similar sum alone or ask for the steps? (a) try a similar sum alone (b) ask for the steps
5. 5.True or false: “One word answer: is 91 prime?” asks the AI to show the steps. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is stage 1 (try it yourself)? (a) attempt it on paper (b) ask for one hint (c) ask how to start (d) do one more on your own
7. 7.Which of these is stage 1 (try it yourself)? (a) ask for the steps (b) ask for one hint (c) try the sum yourself (d) ask how to start
8. 8.🔁 Learning a hard sum with AI: which should you do first — attempt it on paper or ask how to start? (a) attempt it on paper (b) ask how to start
9. 9.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Final answer only for question 7.” (a) asks for steps (b) asks only for the answer
10. 10.🔁 Learning a hard sum with AI: which should you do first — solve a new one alone or ask for one hint? (a) solve a new one alone (b) ask for one hint
11. 11.True or false: “Skip the working, what is 7 × 8?” asks the AI to show the steps. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “Walk me through how you found the area.” asks the AI to show the steps. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Break this word problem into small steps.” (a) asks only for the answer (b) asks for steps
14. 14.True or false: “Show your working for 15% of 240.” asks the AI to show the steps. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔁 Learning a hard sum with AI: which should you do first — ask how to start or do one more on your own? (a) ask how to start (b) do one more on your own
16. 16.🔁 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
17. 17.Which of these is stage 1 (try it yourself)? (a) have a go on your own (b) try a similar sum alone (c) ask for the steps (d) ask for one hint
18. 18.Which of these is stage 3 (practise alone)? (a) try the sum yourself (b) try a similar sum alone (c) attempt it on paper (d) ask for the steps
19. 19.Which of these is stage 3 (practise alone)? (a) ask for the steps (b) ask for one hint (c) attempt it on paper (d) solve a new one alone
20. 20.True or false: “Answer only: what is x if 3x + 5 = 20?” asks only for the final answer. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Explain each step of balancing this equation.” (a) asks for steps (b) asks only for the answer
22. 22.🪜 Why ask an AI chatbot to show the steps? (a) to learn the method (b) to get a longer answer (c) to copy faster (d) to make it slower
23. 23.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Give me just the answers to all 10 sums.” (a) asks for steps (b) asks only for the answer
24. 24.🪜 Which phrase asks for step-by-step help? (a) “no explanation” (b) “just the answer” (c) “explain each step” (d) “skip the working”
25. 25.🔁 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
26. 26.🪜 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
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.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “What is 15% of 240? Only the number.” (a) asks only for the answer (b) asks for steps
29. 29.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “List the steps to make a paper boat.” (a) asks for steps (b) asks only for the answer
30. 30.True or false: “List the steps to make a paper boat.” asks the AI to show the steps. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Show your working for 15% of 240.” (a) asks only for the answer (b) asks for steps
32. 32.True or false: “Show your working for 15% of 240.” asks only for the final answer. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is stage 2 (ask for help)? (a) have a go on your own (b) try the sum yourself (c) try a similar sum alone (d) ask for one hint
34. 34.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “One word answer: is 91 prime?” (a) asks for steps (b) asks only for the answer
35. 35.Which of these is stage 3 (practise alone)? (a) ask for the steps (b) attempt it on paper (c) do one more on your own (d) ask for one hint
36. 36.True or false: “One word answer: is 91 prime?” asks only for the final answer. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “Explain each step of balancing this equation.” asks only for the final answer. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “List the steps to make a paper boat.” asks only for the final answer. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🪜 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
40. 40.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Solve 3x + 5 = 20 step by step.” (a) asks only for the answer (b) asks for steps

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