Problem Solving Skills Worksheet: Five Steps

Critical thinking lesson 19: Problem-solving steps · Set 347 · 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: choose the best idea? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
2. 2.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: choose the best idea or put the plan to work? (a) choose the best idea (b) put the plan to work
3. 3.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: pick one plan or think of ideas? (a) pick one plan (b) think of ideas
4. 4.💡 Why think of more than one idea? (a) no reason (b) to confuse people (c) to waste time (d) to find the best one
5. 5.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: pick one plan or understand the problem? (a) pick one plan (b) understand the problem
6. 6.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: list possible fixes or check if it worked? (a) list possible fixes (b) check if it worked
7. 7.True or false: “staying calm” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: check if it worked or try it out? (a) check if it worked (b) try it out
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up at once (b) asking for help (c) breaking it into parts (d) trying again
10. 10.🚲 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
11. 11.🛠️ 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
12. 12.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: think of ideas or choose the best idea? (a) think of ideas (b) choose the best idea
13. 13.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: making a list? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
14. 14.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: trying again? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
15. 15.🔁 Your fix did not work. What next? (a) blame the tools (b) give up (c) hide it (d) try another idea
16. 16.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) giving up at once (b) staying calm (c) repeating the same try (d) blaming others
17. 17.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: guessing wildly? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
18. 18.True or false: “making a list” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: asking for help? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
20. 20.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: check if it worked or list possible fixes? (a) check if it worked (b) list possible fixes
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the problem (b) guessing wildly (c) trying again (d) panicking
22. 22.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: understand the problem? (a) step 4 (b) step 5 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
23. 23.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: see if it helped? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 5
24. 24.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: repeating the same try? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
25. 25.True or false: “panicking” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking it into parts (b) drawing a diagram (c) asking for help (d) blaming others
27. 27.True or false: “breaking it into parts” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) breaking it into parts (b) drawing a diagram (c) giving up at once (d) making a list
29. 29.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) trying again (b) breaking it into parts (c) repeating the same try (d) staying calm
30. 30.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: pick one plan? (a) step 4 (b) step 5 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
31. 31.🤝 Who can help you solve a hard problem? (a) a rumour (b) nobody ever (c) a teacher or parent (d) only a stranger
32. 32.True or false: “trying again” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: pick one plan or list possible fixes? (a) pick one plan (b) list possible fixes
34. 34.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: choose the best idea or list possible fixes? (a) choose the best idea (b) list possible fixes
35. 35.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: pick one plan or check if it worked? (a) pick one plan (b) check if it worked
36. 36.True or false: “drawing a diagram” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: list possible fixes or try it out? (a) list possible fixes (b) try it out
38. 38.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) asking for help (b) breaking it into parts (c) ignoring the problem (d) making a list
39. 39.True or false: “asking for help” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: drawing a diagram? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way

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