Problem Solving Skills Worksheet: Five Steps

Critical thinking lesson 19: Problem-solving steps · Set 290 · 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 of these gets in the way of solving? (a) trying again (b) drawing a diagram (c) guessing wildly (d) asking for help
2. 2.🤝 Who can help you solve a hard problem? (a) nobody ever (b) only a stranger (c) a teacher or parent (d) a rumour
3. 3.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: understand the problem? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 5 (d) step 2
4. 4.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: think of ideas? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
5. 5.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: see if it helped or try it out? (a) see if it helped (b) try it out
6. 6.🚲 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
7. 7.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) staying calm (b) trying again (c) drawing a diagram (d) giving up at once
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help (b) ignoring the problem (c) making a list (d) trying again
9. 9.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) asking for help (b) panicking (c) breaking it into parts (d) making a list
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing wildly (b) drawing a diagram (c) trying again (d) asking for help
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying again (b) asking for help (c) breaking it into parts (d) repeating the same try
12. 12.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: check if it worked? (a) step 5 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
13. 13.💡 Why think of more than one idea? (a) no reason (b) to confuse people (c) to waste time (d) to find the best one
14. 14.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) panicking (b) giving up at once (c) repeating the same try (d) breaking it into parts
15. 15.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: understand the problem or pick one plan? (a) understand the problem (b) pick one plan
16. 16.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: put the plan to work? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the same try (b) blaming others (c) giving up at once (d) asking for help
18. 18.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: list possible fixes? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 5 (d) step 4
19. 19.True or false: “breaking it into parts” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “blaming others” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: put the plan to work or check if it worked? (a) put the plan to work (b) check if it worked
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming others (b) ignoring the problem (c) trying again (d) giving up at once
23. 23.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: repeating the same try? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
24. 24.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: understand the problem or put the plan to work? (a) understand the problem (b) put the plan to work
25. 25.True or false: “repeating the same try” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🛠️ 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
27. 27.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) staying calm (b) blaming others (c) giving up at once (d) ignoring the problem
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up at once (b) staying calm (c) asking for help (d) drawing a diagram
29. 29.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: list possible fixes or try it out? (a) list possible fixes (b) try it out
30. 30.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: breaking it into parts? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
31. 31.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: staying calm? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
32. 32.🛠️ 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
33. 33.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: say what is wrong? (a) step 2 (b) step 5 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
34. 34.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: pick one plan? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 5 (d) step 3
35. 35.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) drawing a diagram (b) making a list (c) staying calm (d) ignoring the problem
36. 36.🔁 Your fix did not work. What next? (a) blame the tools (b) hide it (c) try another idea (d) give up
37. 37.🛠️ What is the first step in solving a problem? (a) blame someone (b) know what is wrong (c) give up (d) try any idea
38. 38.True or false: “asking for help” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
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: see if it helped? (a) step 5 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2

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