Problem Solving Skills Worksheet: Five Steps

Critical thinking lesson 19: Problem-solving steps · Set 213 · 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: choose the best idea? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming others (b) trying again (c) making a list (d) breaking it into parts
3. 3.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: say what is wrong or try it out? (a) say what is wrong (b) try it out
4. 4.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: pick one plan? (a) step 5 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
5. 5.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: list possible fixes? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 5
6. 6.🛠️ What is the first step in solving a problem? (a) try any idea (b) give up (c) blame someone (d) know what is wrong
7. 7.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) staying calm (b) repeating the same try (c) panicking (d) ignoring the problem
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help (b) drawing a diagram (c) giving up at once (d) making a list
9. 9.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: see if it helped? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 5 (d) step 1
10. 10.True or false: “panicking” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: guessing wildly? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
12. 12.True or false: “ignoring the problem” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: making a list? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
14. 14.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: panicking? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
15. 15.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: giving up at once? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) panicking (b) staying calm (c) asking for help (d) breaking it into parts
17. 17.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) asking for help (b) trying again (c) breaking it into parts (d) repeating the same try
18. 18.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: say what is wrong? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 5 (d) step 2
19. 19.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: understand the problem? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 5
20. 20.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) trying again (b) repeating the same try (c) blaming others (d) ignoring the problem
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making a list (b) asking for help (c) ignoring the problem (d) trying again
22. 22.True or false: “giving up at once” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🚲 Your cycle chain keeps slipping off. What is a good first step? (a) buy a new cycle (b) stop cycling (c) look at what is wrong (d) kick the cycle
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing wildly (b) breaking it into parts (c) staying calm (d) trying again
25. 25.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: say what is wrong or put the plan to work? (a) say what is wrong (b) put the plan to work
26. 26.🔁 Your fix did not work. What next? (a) try another idea (b) give up (c) blame the tools (d) hide it
27. 27.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: repeating the same try? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
28. 28.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: trying again? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
29. 29.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) repeating the same try (b) breaking it into parts (c) panicking (d) giving up at once
30. 30.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: pick one plan or check if it worked? (a) pick one plan (b) check if it worked
31. 31.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: list possible fixes or understand the problem? (a) list possible fixes (b) understand the problem
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking it into parts (b) repeating the same try (c) trying again (d) asking for help
33. 33.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) asking for help (b) making a list (c) staying calm (d) giving up at once
34. 34.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: think of ideas? (a) step 2 (b) step 5 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
35. 35.🛠️ 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
36. 36.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: put the plan to work or check if it worked? (a) put the plan to work (b) check if it worked
37. 37.True or false: “staying calm” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: check if it worked? (a) step 5 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the same try (b) blaming others (c) ignoring the problem (d) trying again
40. 40.💡 Why think of more than one idea? (a) to confuse people (b) to waste time (c) no reason (d) to find the best one

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