Problem Solving Skills Worksheet: Five Steps

Critical thinking lesson 19: Problem-solving steps · Set 276 · 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.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: guessing wildly? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
2. 2.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) guessing wildly (b) blaming others (c) asking for help (d) repeating the same try
3. 3.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: trying again? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
4. 4.True or false: “asking for help” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: making a list? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
6. 6.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: repeating the same try? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
7. 7.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: see if it helped? (a) step 5 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
8. 8.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: pick one plan or see if it helped? (a) pick one plan (b) see if it helped
9. 9.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: understand the problem? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 5
10. 10.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: asking for help? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
11. 11.True or false: “guessing wildly” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: try it out or say what is wrong? (a) try it out (b) say what is wrong
13. 13.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: giving up at once? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
14. 14.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) staying calm (b) ignoring the problem (c) drawing a diagram (d) asking for help
15. 15.🧩 A big problem feels scary. What helps? (a) ignore it (b) cry about it (c) wait for luck (d) split it into parts
16. 16.True or false: “repeating the same try” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “breaking it into parts” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) panicking (b) giving up at once (c) blaming others (d) breaking it into parts
19. 19.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: pick one plan or think of ideas? (a) pick one plan (b) think of ideas
20. 20.🚲 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
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming others (b) breaking it into parts (c) making a list (d) staying calm
22. 22.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) blaming others (b) repeating the same try (c) panicking (d) drawing a diagram
23. 23.🔁 Your fix did not work. What next? (a) hide it (b) try another idea (c) blame the tools (d) give up
24. 24.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: staying calm? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
25. 25.True or false: “blaming others” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: pick one plan? (a) step 5 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
27. 27.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: put the plan to work? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
28. 28.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: drawing a diagram? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
29. 29.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: pick one plan or list possible fixes? (a) pick one plan (b) list possible fixes
30. 30.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: choose the best idea or try it out? (a) choose the best idea (b) try it out
31. 31.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) asking for help (b) making a list (c) blaming others (d) breaking it into parts
32. 32.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: choose the best idea? (a) step 5 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
33. 33.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) guessing wildly (b) ignoring the problem (c) panicking (d) making a list
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drawing a diagram (b) giving up at once (c) trying again (d) breaking it into parts
35. 35.True or false: “asking for help” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help (b) ignoring the problem (c) blaming others (d) panicking
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drawing a diagram (b) panicking (c) breaking it into parts (d) asking for help
38. 38.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: panicking? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
39. 39.True or false: “drawing a diagram” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: check if it worked? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 5 (d) step 3

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