Problem Solving Skills Worksheet: Five Steps

Critical thinking lesson 19: Problem-solving steps · Set 340 · 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 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 5 (d) step 2
2. 2.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: try it out? (a) step 1 (b) step 5 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
3. 3.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) panicking (b) blaming others (c) trying again (d) giving up at once
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help (b) breaking it into parts (c) making a list (d) ignoring the problem
5. 5.🛠️ What is the first step in solving a problem? (a) try any idea (b) give up (c) know what is wrong (d) blame someone
6. 6.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) blaming others (b) ignoring the problem (c) repeating the same try (d) breaking it into parts
7. 7.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: choose the best idea or understand the problem? (a) choose the best idea (b) understand the problem
8. 8.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: trying again? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
9. 9.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: put the plan to work or say what is wrong? (a) put the plan to work (b) say what is wrong
10. 10.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: check if it worked? (a) step 1 (b) step 5 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
11. 11.True or false: “making a list” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🤝 Who can help you solve a hard problem? (a) nobody ever (b) only a stranger (c) a rumour (d) a teacher or parent
13. 13.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) ignoring the problem (b) repeating the same try (c) making a list (d) panicking
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) panicking (b) ignoring the problem (c) giving up at once (d) staying calm
15. 15.🚲 Your cycle chain keeps slipping off. What is a good first step? (a) stop cycling (b) look at what is wrong (c) kick the cycle (d) buy a new cycle
16. 16.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: list possible fixes? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 5 (d) step 3
17. 17.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: put the plan to work? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
18. 18.🛠️ 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
19. 19.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: pick one plan? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 5 (d) step 1
20. 20.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: try it out or see if it helped? (a) try it out (b) see if it helped
21. 21.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: ignoring the problem? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
22. 22.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: choose the best idea? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 5 (d) step 2
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking it into parts (b) giving up at once (c) staying calm (d) drawing a diagram
24. 24.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: say what is wrong? (a) step 5 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
25. 25.True or false: “blaming others” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: try it out or check if it worked? (a) try it out (b) check if it worked
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) drawing a diagram (c) trying again (d) blaming others
28. 28.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: see if it helped or understand the problem? (a) see if it helped (b) understand the problem
29. 29.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: try it out or think of ideas? (a) try it out (b) think of ideas
30. 30.True or false: “ignoring the problem” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the problem (b) blaming others (c) giving up at once (d) breaking it into parts
32. 32.🔁 Your fix did not work. What next? (a) blame the tools (b) try another idea (c) hide it (d) give up
33. 33.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) blaming others (b) making a list (c) breaking it into parts (d) staying calm
34. 34.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) giving up at once (b) trying again (c) making a list (d) staying calm
35. 35.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) ignoring the problem (b) asking for help (c) blaming others (d) repeating the same try
36. 36.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: think of ideas? (a) step 5 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
37. 37.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: list possible fixes or understand the problem? (a) list possible fixes (b) understand the problem
38. 38.💡 Why think of more than one idea? (a) to confuse people (b) to find the best one (c) to waste time (d) no reason
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making a list (b) staying calm (c) trying again (d) repeating the same try
40. 40.True or false: “repeating the same try” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True

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