Problem Solving Skills Worksheet: Five Steps

Critical thinking lesson 19: Problem-solving steps · Set 229 · 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: think of ideas? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) panicking (b) blaming others (c) giving up at once (d) making a list
3. 3.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) staying calm (b) giving up at once (c) ignoring the problem (d) blaming others
4. 4.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: choose the best idea? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 5
5. 5.🤝 Who can help you solve a hard problem? (a) a teacher or parent (b) only a stranger (c) nobody ever (d) a rumour
6. 6.🛠️ 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
7. 7.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: try it out or understand the problem? (a) try it out (b) understand the problem
8. 8.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: asking for help? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
9. 9.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: pick one plan? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 5 (d) step 4
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up at once (b) panicking (c) ignoring the problem (d) asking for help
11. 11.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) panicking (b) blaming others (c) trying again (d) giving up at once
12. 12.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) trying again (b) breaking it into parts (c) guessing wildly (d) making a list
13. 13.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: see if it helped or try it out? (a) see if it helped (b) try it out
14. 14.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: see if it helped? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 5 (d) step 1
15. 15.🛠️ What is the first step in solving a problem? (a) try any idea (b) know what is wrong (c) give up (d) blame someone
16. 16.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: choose the best idea or say what is wrong? (a) choose the best idea (b) say what is wrong
17. 17.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: say what is wrong or think of ideas? (a) say what is wrong (b) think of ideas
18. 18.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: check if it worked or think of ideas? (a) check if it worked (b) think of ideas
19. 19.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) ignoring the problem (b) guessing wildly (c) panicking (d) breaking it into parts
20. 20.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) giving up at once (b) breaking it into parts (c) staying calm (d) trying again
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drawing a diagram (b) breaking it into parts (c) repeating the same try (d) trying again
22. 22.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: giving up at once? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
23. 23.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: understand the problem or try it out? (a) understand the problem (b) try it out
24. 24.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: try it out or see if it helped? (a) try it out (b) see if it helped
25. 25.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: understand the problem? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 5 (d) step 4
26. 26.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: try it out or pick one plan? (a) try it out (b) pick one plan
27. 27.🚲 Your cycle chain keeps slipping off. What is a good first step? (a) kick the cycle (b) stop cycling (c) buy a new cycle (d) look at what is wrong
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying again (b) breaking it into parts (c) giving up at once (d) drawing a diagram
29. 29.🔁 Your fix did not work. What next? (a) try another idea (b) give up (c) hide it (d) blame the tools
30. 30.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) ignoring the problem (b) guessing wildly (c) making a list (d) giving up at once
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up at once (b) ignoring the problem (c) drawing a diagram (d) blaming others
32. 32.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: try it out? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
33. 33.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: say what is wrong? (a) step 5 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
34. 34.True or false: “repeating the same try” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: see if it helped or list possible fixes? (a) see if it helped (b) list possible fixes
36. 36.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: trying again? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking it into parts (b) making a list (c) asking for help (d) panicking
38. 38.True or false: “breaking it into parts” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: staying calm? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
40. 40.True or false: “blaming others” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True

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