Problem Solving Skills Worksheet: Five Steps

Critical thinking lesson 19: Problem-solving steps · Set 344 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) repeating the same try (b) making a list (c) asking for help (d) staying calm
2. 2.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: blaming others? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the problem (b) drawing a diagram (c) asking for help (d) trying again
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking it into parts (b) trying again (c) asking for help (d) giving up at once
5. 5.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: guessing wildly? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
6. 6.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) drawing a diagram (b) staying calm (c) blaming others (d) making a list
7. 7.True or false: “blaming others” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🛠️ What is the first step in solving a problem? (a) give up (b) know what is wrong (c) blame someone (d) try any idea
9. 9.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) trying again (b) making a list (c) staying calm (d) giving up at once
10. 10.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: put the plan to work? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 5 (d) step 4
11. 11.🔁 Your fix did not work. What next? (a) give up (b) hide it (c) try another idea (d) blame the tools
12. 12.🛠️ 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
13. 13.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) repeating the same try (b) asking for help (c) breaking it into parts (d) trying again
14. 14.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) breaking it into parts (b) drawing a diagram (c) making a list (d) ignoring the problem
15. 15.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: understand the problem? (a) step 3 (b) step 5 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
16. 16.💡 Why think of more than one idea? (a) no reason (b) to find the best one (c) to confuse people (d) to waste time
17. 17.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: drawing a diagram? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
18. 18.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: think of ideas? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
19. 19.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: think of ideas or pick one plan? (a) think of ideas (b) pick one plan
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.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: put the plan to work or understand the problem? (a) put the plan to work (b) understand the problem
22. 22.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: pick one plan? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
23. 23.True or false: “breaking it into parts” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🛠️ 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
25. 25.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: repeating the same try? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
26. 26.True or false: “repeating the same try” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: choose the best idea? (a) step 5 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drawing a diagram (b) guessing wildly (c) blaming others (d) repeating the same try
29. 29.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: asking for help? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
30. 30.🛠️ 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
31. 31.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: see if it helped? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 5
32. 32.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: try it out or check if it worked? (a) try it out (b) check if it worked
33. 33.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: choose the best idea or think of ideas? (a) choose the best idea (b) think of ideas
34. 34.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: pick one plan or try it out? (a) pick one plan (b) try it out
35. 35.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: understand the problem or list possible fixes? (a) understand the problem (b) list possible fixes
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making a list (b) guessing wildly (c) drawing a diagram (d) breaking it into parts
37. 37.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: try it out or understand the problem? (a) try it out (b) understand the problem
38. 38.True or false: “guessing wildly” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: think of ideas or understand the problem? (a) think of ideas (b) understand the problem
40. 40.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: giving up at once? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way

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