Problem Solving Skills Worksheet: Five Steps

Critical thinking lesson 19: Problem-solving steps · Set 302 · 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 helps you solve a problem? (a) giving up at once (b) repeating the same try (c) staying calm (d) panicking
2. 2.True or false: “staying calm” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: put the plan to work? (a) step 3 (b) step 5 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
4. 4.🔁 Your fix did not work. What next? (a) give up (b) blame the tools (c) try another idea (d) hide it
5. 5.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: understand the problem? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up at once (b) breaking it into parts (c) repeating the same try (d) guessing wildly
7. 7.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: list possible fixes? (a) step 5 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
8. 8.True or false: “drawing a diagram” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: try it out or choose the best idea? (a) try it out (b) choose the best idea
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) making a list (c) asking for help (d) ignoring the problem
11. 11.💡 Why think of more than one idea? (a) to confuse people (b) no reason (c) to find the best one (d) to waste time
12. 12.True or false: “panicking” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: giving up at once? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
14. 14.🚲 Your cycle chain keeps slipping off. What is a good first step? (a) look at what is wrong (b) stop cycling (c) kick the cycle (d) buy a new cycle
15. 15.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: try it out? (a) step 5 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
16. 16.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: drawing a diagram? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
17. 17.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: see if it helped? (a) step 5 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming others (b) trying again (c) repeating the same try (d) ignoring the problem
19. 19.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) staying calm (b) ignoring the problem (c) breaking it into parts (d) making a list
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming others (b) repeating the same try (c) giving up at once (d) staying calm
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the same try (b) making a list (c) trying again (d) drawing a diagram
22. 22.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: check if it worked or say what is wrong? (a) check if it worked (b) say what is wrong
23. 23.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: making a list? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
24. 24.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) ignoring the problem (b) repeating the same try (c) drawing a diagram (d) panicking
25. 25.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) trying again (b) staying calm (c) panicking (d) making a list
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.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: see if it helped or pick one plan? (a) see if it helped (b) pick one plan
28. 28.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: trying again? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
29. 29.🛠️ What is the first step in solving a problem? (a) try any idea (b) blame someone (c) know what is wrong (d) give up
30. 30.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: pick one plan? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 5 (d) step 2
31. 31.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: choose the best idea or check if it worked? (a) choose the best idea (b) check if it worked
32. 32.True or false: “drawing a diagram” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) ignoring the problem (b) giving up at once (c) guessing wildly (d) breaking it into parts
34. 34.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: choose the best idea? (a) step 3 (b) step 5 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
35. 35.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: choose the best idea or try it out? (a) choose the best idea (b) try it out
36. 36.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: check if it worked? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 5
37. 37.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: think of ideas or check if it worked? (a) think of ideas (b) check if it worked
38. 38.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: check if it worked or put the plan to work? (a) check if it worked (b) put the plan to work
39. 39.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) repeating the same try (b) asking for help (c) panicking (d) giving up at once
40. 40.True or false: “staying calm” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True

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