Problem Solving Skills Worksheet: Five Steps

Critical thinking lesson 19: Problem-solving steps · Set 217 · 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: put the plan to work? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
2. 2.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: breaking it into parts? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
3. 3.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: understand the problem? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 5 (d) step 1
4. 4.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: trying again? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
5. 5.True or false: “making a list” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) ignoring the problem (b) staying calm (c) panicking (d) blaming others
7. 7.True or false: “breaking it into parts” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: guessing wildly? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
9. 9.🤝 Who can help you solve a hard problem? (a) a teacher or parent (b) nobody ever (c) only a stranger (d) a rumour
10. 10.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: drawing a diagram? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
11. 11.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: choose the best idea? (a) step 5 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the problem (b) guessing wildly (c) repeating the same try (d) drawing a diagram
13. 13.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: panicking? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
14. 14.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: say what is wrong? (a) step 4 (b) step 5 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
15. 15.🛠️ What is the first step in solving a problem? (a) know what is wrong (b) give up (c) blame someone (d) try any idea
16. 16.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: see if it helped? (a) step 1 (b) step 5 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming others (b) making a list (c) drawing a diagram (d) breaking it into parts
18. 18.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: giving up at once? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
19. 19.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) panicking (b) giving up at once (c) blaming others (d) drawing a diagram
20. 20.True or false: “staying calm” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying again (b) giving up at once (c) repeating the same try (d) panicking
22. 22.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: choose the best idea or think of ideas? (a) choose the best idea (b) think of ideas
23. 23.True or false: “panicking” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: check if it worked or choose the best idea? (a) check if it worked (b) choose the best idea
25. 25.True or false: “giving up at once” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: see if it helped or try it out? (a) see if it helped (b) try it out
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help (b) repeating the same try (c) drawing a diagram (d) trying again
28. 28.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: list possible fixes or see if it helped? (a) list possible fixes (b) see if it helped
29. 29.🛠️ 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
30. 30.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: pick one plan? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 5 (d) step 2
31. 31.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) repeating the same try (b) ignoring the problem (c) trying again (d) panicking
32. 32.🔁 Your fix did not work. What next? (a) give up (b) hide it (c) try another idea (d) blame the tools
33. 33.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) staying calm (b) trying again (c) making a list (d) ignoring the problem
34. 34.🛠️ 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
35. 35.🚲 Your cycle chain keeps slipping off. What is a good first step? (a) buy a new cycle (b) kick the cycle (c) stop cycling (d) look at what is wrong
36. 36.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: say what is wrong or check if it worked? (a) say what is wrong (b) check if it worked
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the problem (b) giving up at once (c) staying calm (d) blaming others
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming others (b) guessing wildly (c) repeating the same try (d) breaking it into parts
39. 39.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
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making a list (b) drawing a diagram (c) asking for help (d) panicking

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