Problem Solving Skills Worksheet: Five Steps

Critical thinking lesson 19: Problem-solving steps · Set 378 · 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.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: pick one plan or see if it helped? (a) pick one plan (b) see if it helped
2. 2.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: choose the best idea? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 5 (d) step 4
3. 3.🚲 Your cycle chain keeps slipping off. What is a good first step? (a) stop cycling (b) buy a new cycle (c) kick the cycle (d) look at what is wrong
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying again (b) making a list (c) giving up at once (d) staying calm
5. 5.True or false: “giving up at once” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “breaking it into parts” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🛠️ 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
8. 8.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: check if it worked? (a) step 4 (b) step 5 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
9. 9.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: try it out? (a) step 5 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
10. 10.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: try it out or pick one plan? (a) try it out (b) pick one plan
11. 11.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: think of ideas or check if it worked? (a) think of ideas (b) check if it worked
12. 12.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: panicking? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
13. 13.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: pick one plan or check if it worked? (a) pick one plan (b) check if it worked
14. 14.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: guessing wildly? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
15. 15.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) making a list (b) giving up at once (c) panicking (d) ignoring the problem
16. 16.🛠️ 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
17. 17.💡 Why think of more than one idea? (a) to waste time (b) to find the best one (c) to confuse people (d) no reason
18. 18.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: put the plan to work or list possible fixes? (a) put the plan to work (b) list possible fixes
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) panicking (b) making a list (c) trying again (d) staying calm
20. 20.True or false: “repeating the same try” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: see if it helped? (a) step 1 (b) step 5 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
22. 22.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: repeating the same try? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
23. 23.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) staying calm (b) guessing wildly (c) making a list (d) asking for help
24. 24.True or false: “panicking” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “staying calm” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🛠️ What is the first step in solving a problem? (a) try any idea (b) blame someone (c) give up (d) know what is wrong
27. 27.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) repeating the same try (b) panicking (c) breaking it into parts (d) guessing wildly
28. 28.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) drawing a diagram (b) guessing wildly (c) giving up at once (d) ignoring the problem
29. 29.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) drawing a diagram (b) staying calm (c) asking for help (d) ignoring the problem
30. 30.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) panicking (b) ignoring the problem (c) trying again (d) repeating the same try
31. 31.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: understand the problem or list possible fixes? (a) understand the problem (b) list possible fixes
32. 32.🔁 Your fix did not work. What next? (a) blame the tools (b) hide it (c) try another idea (d) give up
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help (b) ignoring the problem (c) staying calm (d) trying again
34. 34.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: understand the problem? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
35. 35.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: choose the best idea or think of ideas? (a) choose the best idea (b) think of ideas
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing wildly (b) giving up at once (c) panicking (d) breaking it into parts
37. 37.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: try it out or see if it helped? (a) try it out (b) see if it helped
38. 38.True or false: “ignoring the problem” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: trying again? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
40. 40.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: asking for help? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it

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