Problem Solving Skills Worksheet: Five Steps

Critical thinking lesson 19: Problem-solving steps · Set 270 · 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: see if it helped? (a) step 3 (b) step 5 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
2. 2.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: breaking it into parts? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
3. 3.🔁 Your fix did not work. What next? (a) hide it (b) blame the tools (c) try another idea (d) give up
4. 4.🚲 Your cycle chain keeps slipping off. What is a good first step? (a) buy a new cycle (b) look at what is wrong (c) stop cycling (d) kick the cycle
5. 5.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: pick one plan or understand the problem? (a) pick one plan (b) understand the problem
6. 6.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) making a list (b) asking for help (c) panicking (d) drawing a diagram
7. 7.🛠️ 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
8. 8.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: say what is wrong? (a) step 2 (b) step 5 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
9. 9.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: put the plan to work or think of ideas? (a) put the plan to work (b) think of ideas
10. 10.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: think of ideas? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 5 (d) step 3
11. 11.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) staying calm (b) panicking (c) repeating the same try (d) giving up at once
12. 12.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: staying calm? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
13. 13.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) making a list (b) panicking (c) repeating the same try (d) blaming others
14. 14.💡 Why think of more than one idea? (a) no reason (b) to waste time (c) to find the best one (d) to confuse people
15. 15.🧩 A big problem feels scary. What helps? (a) ignore it (b) split it into parts (c) cry about it (d) wait for luck
16. 16.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: pick one plan? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 5
17. 17.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: understand the problem? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 5
18. 18.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: panicking? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
19. 19.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: put the plan to work? (a) step 5 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
20. 20.True or false: “panicking” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🛠️ What is the first step in solving a problem? (a) blame someone (b) give up (c) know what is wrong (d) try any idea
22. 22.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: check if it worked? (a) step 2 (b) step 5 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
23. 23.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) ignoring the problem (b) blaming others (c) asking for help (d) repeating the same try
24. 24.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: understand the problem or think of ideas? (a) understand the problem (b) think of ideas
25. 25.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: try it out? (a) step 4 (b) step 5 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking it into parts (b) making a list (c) ignoring the problem (d) asking for help
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making a list (b) trying again (c) breaking it into parts (d) panicking
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drawing a diagram (b) asking for help (c) repeating the same try (d) breaking it into parts
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.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) drawing a diagram (b) blaming others (c) panicking (d) guessing wildly
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing wildly (b) trying again (c) staying calm (d) drawing a diagram
32. 32.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) blaming others (b) making a list (c) drawing a diagram (d) trying again
33. 33.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: pick one plan or say what is wrong? (a) pick one plan (b) say what is wrong
34. 34.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) breaking it into parts (b) panicking (c) guessing wildly (d) ignoring the problem
35. 35.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: making a list? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing wildly (b) giving up at once (c) repeating the same try (d) breaking it into parts
37. 37.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: understand the problem or see if it helped? (a) understand the problem (b) see if it helped
38. 38.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: pick one plan or try it out? (a) pick one plan (b) try it out
39. 39.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: try it out or see if it helped? (a) try it out (b) see if it helped
40. 40.True or false: “blaming others” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False

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