Problem Solving Skills Worksheet: Five Steps

Critical thinking lesson 19: Problem-solving steps · Set 322 · 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: trying again? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
2. 2.True or false: “blaming others” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: check if it worked? (a) step 2 (b) step 5 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
4. 4.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: repeating the same try? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
5. 5.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: choose the best idea? (a) step 1 (b) step 5 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
6. 6.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: blaming others? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
7. 7.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: try it out? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
8. 8.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: put the plan to work? (a) step 1 (b) step 5 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
9. 9.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: understand the problem? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 5 (d) step 1
10. 10.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: staying calm? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
11. 11.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) blaming others (b) asking for help (c) ignoring the problem (d) guessing wildly
12. 12.🛠️ 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
13. 13.🚲 Your cycle chain keeps slipping off. What is a good first step? (a) look at what is wrong (b) kick the cycle (c) stop cycling (d) buy a new cycle
14. 14.💡 Why think of more than one idea? (a) to waste time (b) to find the best one (c) no reason (d) to confuse people
15. 15.🧩 A big problem feels scary. What helps? (a) ignore it (b) split it into parts (c) wait for luck (d) cry about it
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) panicking (b) staying calm (c) repeating the same try (d) ignoring the problem
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the problem (b) trying again (c) asking for help (d) making a list
18. 18.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: giving up at once? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
19. 19.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) repeating the same try (b) giving up at once (c) trying again (d) guessing wildly
20. 20.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: say what is wrong? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 5 (d) step 1
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing wildly (b) panicking (c) drawing a diagram (d) giving up at once
22. 22.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) making a list (b) breaking it into parts (c) trying again (d) giving up at once
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drawing a diagram (b) asking for help (c) panicking (d) trying again
24. 24.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: put the plan to work or pick one plan? (a) put the plan to work (b) pick one plan
25. 25.True or false: “asking for help” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “giving up at once” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: say what is wrong or pick one plan? (a) say what is wrong (b) pick one plan
28. 28.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) breaking it into parts (b) repeating the same try (c) blaming others (d) giving up at once
29. 29.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) panicking (b) asking for help (c) drawing a diagram (d) breaking it into parts
30. 30.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: asking for help? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
31. 31.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: list possible fixes or choose the best idea? (a) list possible fixes (b) choose the best idea
32. 32.True or false: “ignoring the problem” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: think of ideas or say what is wrong? (a) think of ideas (b) say what is wrong
34. 34.🤝 Who can help you solve a hard problem? (a) a rumour (b) a teacher or parent (c) only a stranger (d) nobody ever
35. 35.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: see if it helped? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 5
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking it into parts (b) staying calm (c) giving up at once (d) trying again
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming others (b) giving up at once (c) breaking it into parts (d) panicking
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) making a list (c) breaking it into parts (d) repeating the same try
39. 39.🛠️ 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
40. 40.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: say what is wrong or see if it helped? (a) say what is wrong (b) see if it helped

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