Step-by-Step AI Prompts Worksheet

AI for students lesson 11: Asking for step-by-step help · Set 540 · 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: “Walk me through how you found the area.” asks the AI to show the steps. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “What is 15% of 240? Only the number.” asks the AI to show the steps. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🪜 Which phrase asks for step-by-step help? (a) “skip the working” (b) “explain each step” (c) “just the answer” (d) “no explanation”
4. 4.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Solve 3x + 5 = 20 step by step.” (a) asks for steps (b) asks only for the answer
5. 5.🪜 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
6. 6.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Tell me the area, no explanation.” (a) asks only for the answer (b) asks for steps
7. 7.Which of these is stage 1 (try it yourself)? (a) try a similar sum alone (b) solve a new one alone (c) try the sum yourself (d) ask for one hint
8. 8.True or false: “Show each step of 456 ÷ 4.” asks only for the final answer. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔁 Learning a hard sum with AI: which should you do first — try a similar sum alone or attempt it on paper? (a) try a similar sum alone (b) attempt it on paper
10. 10.True or false: “Final answer only for question 7.” asks only for the final answer. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is stage 2 (ask for help)? (a) ask for the steps (b) have a go on your own (c) try a similar sum alone (d) do one more on your own
12. 12.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Explain one step at a time why 7 × 8 = 56.” (a) asks for steps (b) asks only for the answer
13. 13.Which of these is stage 2 (ask for help)? (a) ask how to start (b) do one more on your own (c) try the sum yourself (d) solve a new one alone
14. 14.🔁 Learning a hard sum with AI: which should you do first — try a similar sum alone or have a go on your own? (a) try a similar sum alone (b) have a go on your own
15. 15.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “What is 15% of 240? Only the number.” (a) asks for steps (b) asks only for the answer
16. 16.Which of these is stage 3 (practise alone)? (a) ask for one hint (b) try the sum yourself (c) ask how to start (d) solve a new one alone
17. 17.True or false: “Explain one step at a time why 7 × 8 = 56.” asks the AI to show the steps. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Walk me through how you found the area.” (a) asks for steps (b) asks only for the answer
19. 19.🔁 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
20. 20.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Explain each step of balancing this equation.” (a) asks only for the answer (b) asks for steps
21. 21.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 for the steps
22. 22.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Answer only: what is x if 3x + 5 = 20?” (a) asks for steps (b) asks only for the answer
23. 23.🔁 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
24. 24.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Break this word problem into small steps.” (a) asks only for the answer (b) asks for steps
25. 25.🔁 Learning a hard sum with AI: which should you do first — try the sum yourself or ask for the steps? (a) try the sum yourself (b) ask for the steps
26. 26.🔁 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
27. 27.🔁 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
28. 28.🪜 An AI shows steps for a sum. What should you do with them? (a) copy them blindly (b) check each step (c) delete them (d) ignore them
29. 29.🔁 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
30. 30.True or false: “Show your working for 15% of 240.” asks the AI to show the steps. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “What is 15% of 240? Only the number.” asks only for the final answer. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “Skip the working, what is 7 × 8?” asks the AI to show the steps. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔁 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
34. 34.Which of these is stage 3 (practise alone)? (a) have a go on your own (b) ask for the steps (c) try a similar sum alone (d) try the sum yourself
35. 35.🔁 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
36. 36.🪜 Why ask an AI chatbot to show the steps? (a) to make it slower (b) to learn the method (c) to copy faster (d) to get a longer answer
37. 37.True or false: “One word answer: is 91 prime?” asks only for the final answer. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is stage 1 (try it yourself)? (a) ask for one hint (b) solve a new one alone (c) do one more on your own (d) have a go on your own
39. 39.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Show your working for 15% of 240.” (a) asks only for the answer (b) asks for steps
40. 40.True or false: “Skip the working, what is 7 × 8?” asks only for the final answer. (a) False (b) True

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