Problem Solving Skills Worksheet: Five Steps

Critical thinking lesson 19: Problem-solving steps · Set 225 · 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: pick one plan? (a) step 5 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
2. 2.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: pick one plan or understand the problem? (a) pick one plan (b) understand the problem
3. 3.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: see if it helped or say what is wrong? (a) see if it helped (b) say what is wrong
4. 4.🛠️ 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
5. 5.🛠️ What is the first step in solving a problem? (a) give up (b) blame someone (c) know what is wrong (d) try any idea
6. 6.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) staying calm (b) blaming others (c) ignoring the problem (d) panicking
7. 7.True or false: “ignoring the problem” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: pick one plan or think of ideas? (a) pick one plan (b) think of ideas
9. 9.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: ignoring the problem? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
10. 10.True or false: “staying calm” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) breaking it into parts (b) trying again (c) repeating the same try (d) drawing a diagram
12. 12.🔁 Your fix did not work. What next? (a) give up (b) try another idea (c) hide it (d) blame the tools
13. 13.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) staying calm (b) making a list (c) blaming others (d) breaking it into parts
14. 14.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) ignoring the problem (b) guessing wildly (c) asking for help (d) blaming others
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying again (b) breaking it into parts (c) giving up at once (d) asking for help
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing wildly (b) drawing a diagram (c) staying calm (d) breaking it into parts
17. 17.True or false: “asking for help” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: understand the problem? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
19. 19.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: see if it helped? (a) step 4 (b) step 5 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
20. 20.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: pick one plan or say what is wrong? (a) pick one plan (b) say what is wrong
21. 21.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: put the plan to work or choose the best idea? (a) put the plan to work (b) choose the best idea
22. 22.True or false: “giving up at once” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “guessing wildly” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.💡 Why think of more than one idea? (a) to find the best one (b) no reason (c) to waste time (d) to confuse people
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the problem (b) giving up at once (c) panicking (d) making a list
26. 26.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: blaming others? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
27. 27.🤝 Who can help you solve a hard problem? (a) a teacher or parent (b) nobody ever (c) a rumour (d) only a stranger
28. 28.True or false: “asking for help” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “staying calm” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: guessing wildly? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
31. 31.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: try it out? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
32. 32.True or false: “making a list” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help (b) ignoring the problem (c) repeating the same try (d) blaming others
34. 34.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: asking for help? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
35. 35.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: repeating the same try? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
36. 36.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: think of ideas or choose the best idea? (a) think of ideas (b) choose the best idea
37. 37.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: say what is wrong? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 5
38. 38.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: choose the best idea or understand the problem? (a) choose the best idea (b) understand the problem
39. 39.True or false: “ignoring the problem” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🚲 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

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