Problem Solving Skills Worksheet: Five Steps

Critical thinking lesson 19: Problem-solving steps · Set 167 · 40 questions

Thinking tip (Five calm steps): The steps in order: understand the problem → think of ideas → choose the best idea → try it out → check if it worked. Helps: staying calm, breaking it into parts, asking for help, drawing a diagram, trying again. Gets in the way: panicking, giving up at once, blaming others, repeating the same try, guessing wildly.

1. 1.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: see if it helped? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 5
2. 2.True or false: “drawing a diagram” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: choose the best idea? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 5 (d) step 4
4. 4.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: try it out? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 5
5. 5.🚲 Your cycle chain keeps slipping off. What is a good first step? (a) stop cycling (b) kick the cycle (c) buy a new cycle (d) look at what is wrong
6. 6.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: check if it worked or list possible fixes? (a) check if it worked (b) list possible fixes
7. 7.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: check if it worked or put the plan to work? (a) check if it worked (b) put the plan to work
8. 8.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: blaming others? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
9. 9.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: see if it helped or put the plan to work? (a) see if it helped (b) put the plan to work
10. 10.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: say what is wrong? (a) step 2 (b) step 5 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
11. 11.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) staying calm (b) guessing wildly (c) ignoring the problem (d) panicking
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) trying again (c) guessing wildly (d) making a list
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the same try (b) giving up at once (c) panicking (d) drawing a diagram
14. 14.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: understand the problem? (a) step 3 (b) step 5 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) panicking (b) blaming others (c) making a list (d) giving up at once
16. 16.True or false: “blaming others” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making a list (b) asking for help (c) blaming others (d) staying calm
18. 18.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: repeating the same try? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
19. 19.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: pick one plan? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help (b) trying again (c) making a list (d) repeating the same try
21. 21.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: guessing wildly? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
22. 22.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: asking for help? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
23. 23.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: think of ideas? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
24. 24.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: put the plan to work or understand the problem? (a) put the plan to work (b) understand the problem
25. 25.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: breaking it into parts? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up at once (b) trying again (c) blaming others (d) panicking
27. 27.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: check if it worked? (a) step 1 (b) step 5 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
28. 28.True or false: “breaking it into parts” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “breaking it into parts” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) making a list (b) staying calm (c) trying again (d) giving up at once
31. 31.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: ignoring the problem? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
32. 32.True or false: “staying calm” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) drawing a diagram (b) blaming others (c) guessing wildly (d) giving up at once
34. 34.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) blaming others (b) panicking (c) making a list (d) ignoring the problem
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking it into parts (b) giving up at once (c) panicking (d) guessing wildly
36. 36.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: trying again? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
37. 37.💡 Why think of more than one idea? (a) no reason (b) to find the best one (c) to waste time (d) to confuse people
38. 38.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: pick one plan or put the plan to work? (a) pick one plan (b) put the plan to work
39. 39.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) ignoring the problem (b) trying again (c) asking for help (d) staying calm
40. 40.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: pick one plan or check if it worked? (a) pick one plan (b) check if it worked

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