Problem Solving Skills Worksheet: Five Steps

Critical thinking lesson 19: Problem-solving steps · Set 184 · 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.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: giving up at once? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
2. 2.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: repeating the same try? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
3. 3.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) panicking (b) guessing wildly (c) giving up at once (d) drawing a diagram
4. 4.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: try it out? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 5
5. 5.💡 Why think of more than one idea? (a) to waste time (b) to find the best one (c) to confuse people (d) no reason
6. 6.🔁 Your fix did not work. What next? (a) blame the tools (b) hide it (c) try another idea (d) give up
7. 7.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: choose the best idea or think of ideas? (a) choose the best idea (b) think of ideas
8. 8.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) making a list (b) asking for help (c) guessing wildly (d) staying calm
9. 9.True or false: “drawing a diagram” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: panicking? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
11. 11.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: pick one plan? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 5
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing wildly (b) trying again (c) repeating the same try (d) giving up at once
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying again (b) staying calm (c) drawing a diagram (d) panicking
14. 14.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) breaking it into parts (b) asking for help (c) trying again (d) blaming others
15. 15.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: trying again? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
16. 16.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) giving up at once (b) breaking it into parts (c) panicking (d) guessing wildly
17. 17.True or false: “breaking it into parts” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: making a list? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
19. 19.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: drawing a diagram? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
20. 20.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: think of ideas? (a) step 2 (b) step 5 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
21. 21.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: guessing wildly? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
22. 22.True or false: “breaking it into parts” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: put the plan to work or pick one plan? (a) put the plan to work (b) pick one plan
24. 24.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: breaking it into parts? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
25. 25.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: check if it worked? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 5
26. 26.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: choose the best idea? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 5 (d) step 2
27. 27.True or false: “asking for help” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🧩 A big problem feels scary. What helps? (a) wait for luck (b) split it into parts (c) cry about it (d) ignore it
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help (b) giving up at once (c) staying calm (d) breaking it into parts
30. 30.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: put the plan to work or see if it helped? (a) put the plan to work (b) see if it helped
31. 31.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) blaming others (b) asking for help (c) giving up at once (d) panicking
32. 32.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) drawing a diagram (b) breaking it into parts (c) staying calm (d) giving up at once
33. 33.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) ignoring the problem (b) making a list (c) trying again (d) asking for help
34. 34.🤝 Who can help you solve a hard problem? (a) a teacher or parent (b) a rumour (c) only a stranger (d) nobody ever
35. 35.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: asking for help? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drawing a diagram (b) making a list (c) breaking it into parts (d) blaming others
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up at once (b) ignoring the problem (c) repeating the same try (d) breaking it into parts
38. 38.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: think of ideas or pick one plan? (a) think of ideas (b) pick one plan
39. 39.True or false: “guessing wildly” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) panicking (b) trying again (c) breaking it into parts (d) making a list

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