Step-by-Step AI Prompts Worksheet

AI for students lesson 11: Asking for step-by-step help · Set 720 · 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? “Tell me the area, no explanation.” (a) asks for steps (b) asks only for the answer
2. 2.True or false: “What is 15% of 240? Only the number.” asks only for the final answer. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔁 Learning a hard sum with AI: which should you do first — ask for the steps or try a similar sum alone? (a) ask for the steps (b) try a similar sum alone
4. 4.🔁 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
5. 5.True or false: “Break this word problem into small steps.” asks the AI to show the steps. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🪜 An AI shows steps for a sum. What should you do with them? (a) ignore them (b) delete them (c) check each step (d) copy them blindly
7. 7.Which of these is stage 1 (try it yourself)? (a) ask for the steps (b) solve a new one alone (c) do one more on your own (d) have a go on your own
8. 8.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “What is 15% of 240? Only the number.” (a) asks for steps (b) asks only for the answer
9. 9.🔁 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
10. 10.True or false: “Final answer only for question 7.” asks only for the final answer. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “Walk me through how you found the area.” asks the AI to show the steps. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is stage 1 (try it yourself)? (a) try the sum yourself (b) do one more on your own (c) ask for one hint (d) ask for the steps
13. 13.🪜 Before asking AI for steps on homework, you should first… (a) give up (b) ask for the answer (c) try it yourself (d) copy a friend
14. 14.🔁 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
15. 15.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Just give me the answer to 456 ÷ 4.” (a) asks for steps (b) asks only for the answer
16. 16.True or false: “Just give me the answer to 456 ÷ 4.” asks the AI to show the steps. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “List the steps to make a paper boat.” asks only for the final answer. (a) True (b) False
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: “What is 15% of 240? Only the number.” asks the AI to show the steps. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is stage 3 (practise alone)? (a) attempt it on paper (b) ask for one hint (c) solve a new one alone (d) ask how to start
21. 21.🪜 Why ask an AI chatbot to show the steps? (a) to get a longer answer (b) to copy faster (c) to make it slower (d) to learn the method
22. 22.True or false: “Solve 3x + 5 = 20 step by step.” asks only for the final answer. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “Skip the working, what is 7 × 8?” asks only for the final answer. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “Answer only: what is x if 3x + 5 = 20?” asks only for the final answer. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔁 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
26. 26.Which of these is stage 3 (practise alone)? (a) do one more on your own (b) try the sum yourself (c) ask for the steps (d) attempt it on paper
27. 27.True or false: “Explain each step of balancing this equation.” asks only for the final answer. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “Show your working for 15% of 240.” asks only for the final answer. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Final answer only for question 7.” (a) asks only for the answer (b) asks for steps
30. 30.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Explain each step of balancing this equation.” (a) asks only for the answer (b) asks for steps
31. 31.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “One word answer: is 91 prime?” (a) asks for steps (b) asks only for the answer
32. 32.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Break this word problem into small steps.” (a) asks only for the answer (b) asks for steps
33. 33.🔁 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
34. 34.True or false: “Explain each step of balancing this equation.” asks the AI to show the steps. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “Explain one step at a time why 7 × 8 = 56.” asks the AI to show the steps. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔁 Learning a hard sum with AI: which should you do first — ask how to start or solve a new one alone? (a) ask how to start (b) solve a new one alone
37. 37.🔁 Learning a hard sum with AI: which should you do first — do one more on your own or ask for the steps? (a) do one more on your own (b) ask for the steps
38. 38.🪜 Which phrase asks for step-by-step help? (a) “just the answer” (b) “no explanation” (c) “skip the working” (d) “explain each step”
39. 39.🪜 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
40. 40.Which of these is stage 2 (ask for help)? (a) try the sum yourself (b) have a go on your own (c) ask how to start (d) try a similar sum alone

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