Step-by-Step AI Prompts Worksheet

AI for students lesson 11: Asking for step-by-step help · Set 893 · 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: “One word answer: is 91 prime?” asks the AI to show the steps. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🪜 Why ask an AI chatbot to show the steps? (a) to make it slower (b) to copy faster (c) to learn the method (d) to get a longer answer
3. 3.🔁 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
4. 4.🪜 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
5. 5.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Break this word problem into small steps.” (a) asks only for the answer (b) asks for steps
6. 6.🔁 Learning a hard sum with AI: which should you do first — ask for one hint or try a similar sum alone? (a) ask for one hint (b) try a similar sum alone
7. 7.🪜 An AI shows steps for a sum. What should you do with them? (a) copy them blindly (b) check each step (c) ignore them (d) delete them
8. 8.Which of these is stage 1 (try it yourself)? (a) ask for the steps (b) ask how to start (c) have a go on your own (d) ask for one hint
9. 9.🔁 Learning a hard sum with AI: which should you do first — ask for the steps or do one more on your own? (a) ask for the steps (b) do one more on your own
10. 10.True or false: “What is 15% of 240? Only the number.” asks the AI to show the steps. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “What is 15% of 240? Only the number.” asks only for the final answer. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is stage 3 (practise alone)? (a) ask for the steps (b) ask for one hint (c) try a similar sum alone (d) try the sum yourself
13. 13.🔁 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
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.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Just give me the answer to 456 ÷ 4.” (a) asks only for the answer (b) asks for steps
16. 16.Which of these is stage 1 (try it yourself)? (a) try the sum yourself (b) ask how to start (c) ask for one hint (d) do one more on your own
17. 17.True or false: “Just give me the answer to 456 ÷ 4.” asks only for the final answer. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Explain each step of balancing this equation.” (a) asks for steps (b) asks only for the answer
19. 19.True or false: “Break this word problem into small steps.” asks the AI to show the steps. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is stage 1 (try it yourself)? (a) ask for the steps (b) do one more on your own (c) ask for one hint (d) attempt it on paper
21. 21.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Show each step of 456 ÷ 4.” (a) asks only for the answer (b) asks for steps
22. 22.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Walk me through how you found the area.” (a) asks only for the answer (b) asks for steps
23. 23.🔁 Learning a hard sum with AI: which should you do first — have a go on your own or try a similar sum alone? (a) have a go on your own (b) try a similar sum alone
24. 24.True or false: “Show each step of 456 ÷ 4.” asks the AI to show the steps. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔁 Learning a hard sum with AI: which should you do first — ask for one hint or do one more on your own? (a) ask for one hint (b) do one more on your own
26. 26.🔁 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
27. 27.🔁 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
28. 28.🪜 Before asking AI for steps on homework, you should first… (a) ask for the answer (b) try it yourself (c) give up (d) copy a friend
29. 29.🔁 Learning a hard sum with AI: which should you do first — do one more on your own or try the sum yourself? (a) do one more on your own (b) try the sum yourself
30. 30.🔁 Learning a hard sum with AI: which should you do first — have a go on your own or ask how to start? (a) have a go on your own (b) ask how to start
31. 31.🔁 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
32. 32.True or false: “One word answer: is 91 prime?” asks only for the final answer. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “What is 15% of 240? Only the number.” (a) asks for steps (b) asks only for the answer
34. 34.True or false: “List the steps to make a paper boat.” asks only for the final answer. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Show your working for 15% of 240.” (a) asks for steps (b) asks only for the answer
36. 36.Which of these is stage 3 (practise alone)? (a) solve a new one alone (b) have a go on your own (c) ask for the steps (d) ask for one hint
37. 37.🪜 What does this prompt ask for? “Final answer only for question 7.” (a) asks only for the answer (b) asks for steps
38. 38.Which of these is stage 2 (ask for help)? (a) attempt it on paper (b) try the sum yourself (c) have a go on your own (d) ask for one hint
39. 39.🪜 Which phrase asks for step-by-step help? (a) “no explanation” (b) “skip the working” (c) “explain each step” (d) “just the answer”
40. 40.🔁 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

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