Problem Solving Skills Worksheet: Five Steps

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

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