Problem Solving Skills Worksheet: Five Steps

Critical thinking lesson 19: Problem-solving steps · Set 224 · 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.🛠️ What is the first step in solving a problem? (a) try any idea (b) give up (c) blame someone (d) know what is wrong
2. 2.🧩 A big problem feels scary. What helps? (a) wait for luck (b) ignore it (c) split it into parts (d) cry about it
3. 3.🤝 Who can help you solve a hard problem? (a) only a stranger (b) nobody ever (c) a teacher or parent (d) a rumour
4. 4.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: put the plan to work? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 5 (d) step 2
5. 5.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: blaming others? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
6. 6.🚲 Your cycle chain keeps slipping off. What is a good first step? (a) stop cycling (b) buy a new cycle (c) kick the cycle (d) look at what is wrong
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help (b) staying calm (c) trying again (d) panicking
8. 8.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: try it out? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming others (b) panicking (c) trying again (d) ignoring the problem
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) panicking (b) giving up at once (c) repeating the same try (d) breaking it into parts
11. 11.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: choose the best idea or list possible fixes? (a) choose the best idea (b) list possible fixes
12. 12.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: understand the problem? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 5
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking it into parts (b) guessing wildly (c) asking for help (d) making a list
14. 14.💡 Why think of more than one idea? (a) to waste time (b) to confuse people (c) to find the best one (d) no reason
15. 15.True or false: “trying again” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔁 Your fix did not work. What next? (a) give up (b) hide it (c) try another idea (d) blame the tools
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking it into parts (b) staying calm (c) blaming others (d) making a list
18. 18.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: breaking it into parts? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
19. 19.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: see if it helped? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 5
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up at once (b) trying again (c) making a list (d) drawing a diagram
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up at once (b) blaming others (c) ignoring the problem (d) drawing a diagram
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.🛠️ 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
24. 24.True or false: “staying calm” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: understand the problem or try it out? (a) understand the problem (b) try it out
26. 26.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) giving up at once (b) repeating the same try (c) making a list (d) guessing wildly
27. 27.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) guessing wildly (b) repeating the same try (c) staying calm (d) giving up at once
28. 28.True or false: “breaking it into parts” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: choose the best idea or put the plan to work? (a) choose the best idea (b) put the plan to work
30. 30.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: think of ideas or choose the best idea? (a) think of ideas (b) choose the best idea
31. 31.True or false: “guessing wildly” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) drawing a diagram (b) blaming others (c) breaking it into parts (d) trying again
33. 33.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: panicking? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
34. 34.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: choose the best idea? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 5
35. 35.True or false: “trying again” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing wildly (b) repeating the same try (c) panicking (d) staying calm
37. 37.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) ignoring the problem (b) blaming others (c) trying again (d) repeating the same try
38. 38.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: think of ideas? (a) step 2 (b) step 5 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
39. 39.True or false: “blaming others” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: check if it worked? (a) step 5 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2

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