Problem Solving Skills Worksheet: Five Steps

Critical thinking lesson 19: Problem-solving steps · Set 349 · 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 3 (b) step 5 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
2. 2.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: check if it worked or choose the best idea? (a) check if it worked (b) choose the best idea
3. 3.True or false: “ignoring the problem” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) panicking (b) ignoring the problem (c) blaming others (d) asking for help
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking it into parts (b) asking for help (c) guessing wildly (d) drawing a diagram
6. 6.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) repeating the same try (b) guessing wildly (c) drawing a diagram (d) giving up at once
7. 7.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: check if it worked or try it out? (a) check if it worked (b) try it out
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the problem (b) guessing wildly (c) staying calm (d) panicking
9. 9.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: breaking it into parts? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
10. 10.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: repeating the same try? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
11. 11.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) making a list (b) trying again (c) giving up at once (d) breaking it into parts
12. 12.🛠️ 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
13. 13.True or false: “blaming others” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: list possible fixes or see if it helped? (a) list possible fixes (b) see if it helped
15. 15.True or false: “staying calm” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: ignoring the problem? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
17. 17.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: try it out? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drawing a diagram (b) asking for help (c) blaming others (d) breaking it into parts
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drawing a diagram (b) staying calm (c) panicking (d) trying again
20. 20.🔁 Your fix did not work. What next? (a) give up (b) blame the tools (c) hide it (d) try another idea
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the same try (b) giving up at once (c) ignoring the problem (d) breaking it into parts
22. 22.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: asking for help? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
23. 23.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: pick one plan or try it out? (a) pick one plan (b) try it out
24. 24.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) ignoring the problem (b) breaking it into parts (c) asking for help (d) staying calm
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying again (b) asking for help (c) breaking it into parts (d) ignoring the problem
26. 26.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: drawing a diagram? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
27. 27.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) guessing wildly (b) making a list (c) blaming others (d) repeating the same try
28. 28.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: trying again? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
29. 29.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) staying calm (b) making a list (c) guessing wildly (d) trying again
30. 30.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: list possible fixes? (a) step 5 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
31. 31.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: pick one plan or say what is wrong? (a) pick one plan (b) say what is wrong
32. 32.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: choose the best idea? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
33. 33.🧩 A big problem feels scary. What helps? (a) split it into parts (b) wait for luck (c) cry about it (d) ignore it
34. 34.💡 Why think of more than one idea? (a) to find the best one (b) to confuse people (c) no reason (d) to waste time
35. 35.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: put the plan to work or think of ideas? (a) put the plan to work (b) think of ideas
36. 36.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: put the plan to work? (a) step 4 (b) step 5 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
37. 37.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) guessing wildly (b) breaking it into parts (c) panicking (d) ignoring the problem
38. 38.True or false: “staying calm” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making a list (b) guessing wildly (c) panicking (d) repeating the same try
40. 40.True or false: “panicking” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True

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