Step-by-Step AI Prompts Worksheet

AI for students lesson 11: Asking for step-by-step help · Set 475 · 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: “Tell me the area, no explanation.” asks only for the final answer. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “Answer only: what is x if 3x + 5 = 20?” asks only for the final answer. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Show each step of 456 ÷ 4.” (a) asks only for the answer (b) asks for steps
4. 4.🔁 Learning a hard sum with AI: which should you do first — try a similar sum alone or ask for one hint? (a) try a similar sum alone (b) ask for one hint
5. 5.True or false: “Show each step of 456 ÷ 4.” asks only for the final answer. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “One word answer: is 91 prime?” (a) asks only for the answer (b) asks for steps
7. 7.True or false: “Walk me through how you found the area.” asks only for the final answer. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “What is 15% of 240? Only the number.” (a) asks only for the answer (b) asks for steps
9. 9.True or false: “Explain one step at a time why 7 × 8 = 56.” asks the AI to show the steps. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “Final answer only for question 7.” asks the AI to show the steps. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔁 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
12. 12.True or false: “Skip the working, what is 7 × 8?” asks only for the final answer. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🪜 Which phrase asks for step-by-step help? (a) “explain each step” (b) “just the answer” (c) “skip the working” (d) “no explanation”
14. 14.Which of these is stage 3 (practise alone)? (a) have a go on your own (b) ask for one hint (c) ask for the steps (d) solve a new one alone
15. 15.Which of these is stage 1 (try it yourself)? (a) try a similar sum alone (b) do one more on your own (c) attempt it on paper (d) ask how to start
16. 16.🪜 Why ask an AI chatbot to show the steps? (a) to copy faster (b) to learn the method (c) to make it slower (d) to get a longer answer
17. 17.Which of these is stage 2 (ask for help)? (a) try the sum yourself (b) ask for the steps (c) have a go on your own (d) try a similar sum alone
18. 18.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Solve 3x + 5 = 20 step by step.” (a) asks for steps (b) asks only for the answer
19. 19.True or false: “Show your working for 15% of 240.” asks the AI to show the steps. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is stage 2 (ask for help)? (a) try a similar sum alone (b) do one more on your own (c) try the sum yourself (d) ask for one hint
21. 21.Which of these is stage 3 (practise alone)? (a) ask for the steps (b) do one more on your own (c) attempt it on paper (d) try the sum yourself
22. 22.True or false: “Final answer only for question 7.” asks only for the final answer. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “List the steps to make a paper boat.” asks only for the final answer. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is stage 1 (try it yourself)? (a) ask how to start (b) ask for the steps (c) ask for one hint (d) try the sum yourself
25. 25.Which of these is stage 1 (try it yourself)? (a) ask how to start (b) ask for the steps (c) have a go on your own (d) do one more on your own
26. 26.True or false: “One word answer: is 91 prime?” asks only for the final answer. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “Show your working for 15% of 240.” asks only for the final answer. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔁 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
29. 29.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Walk me through how you found the area.” (a) asks for steps (b) asks only for the answer
30. 30.🪜 An AI shows steps for a sum. What should you do with them? (a) check each step (b) delete them (c) ignore them (d) copy them blindly
31. 31.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Break this word problem into small steps.” (a) asks only for the answer (b) asks for steps
32. 32.🪜 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
33. 33.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Just give me the answer to 456 ÷ 4.” (a) asks for steps (b) asks only for the answer
34. 34.🔁 Learning a hard sum with AI: which should you do first — have a go on your own or ask for the steps? (a) have a go on your own (b) ask for the steps
35. 35.True or false: “Give me just the answers to all 10 sums.” asks only for the final answer. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🪜 Before asking AI for steps on homework, you should first… (a) try it yourself (b) ask for the answer (c) give up (d) copy a friend
37. 37.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Skip the working, what is 7 × 8?” (a) asks for steps (b) asks only for the answer
38. 38.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Show your working for 15% of 240.” (a) asks only for the answer (b) asks for steps
39. 39.🔁 Learning a hard sum with AI: which should you do first — solve a new one alone or ask how to start? (a) solve a new one alone (b) ask how to start
40. 40.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Explain each step of balancing this equation.” (a) asks for steps (b) asks only for the answer

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