Problem Solving Skills Worksheet: Five Steps

Critical thinking lesson 19: Problem-solving steps · Set 394 · 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: check if it worked or put the plan to work? (a) check if it worked (b) put the plan to work
2. 2.🚲 Your cycle chain keeps slipping off. What is a good first step? (a) look at what is wrong (b) stop cycling (c) kick the cycle (d) buy a new cycle
3. 3.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: giving up at once? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
4. 4.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) giving up at once (b) breaking it into parts (c) ignoring the problem (d) panicking
5. 5.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: check if it worked or pick one plan? (a) check if it worked (b) pick one plan
6. 6.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: think of ideas or see if it helped? (a) think of ideas (b) see if it helped
7. 7.True or false: “repeating the same try” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) making a list (b) repeating the same try (c) blaming others (d) panicking
9. 9.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: try it out? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 5
10. 10.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: trying again? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
11. 11.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: put the plan to work? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 5 (d) step 1
12. 12.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) panicking (b) giving up at once (c) asking for help (d) repeating the same try
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making a list (b) trying again (c) staying calm (d) panicking
14. 14.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: list possible fixes or pick one plan? (a) list possible fixes (b) pick one plan
15. 15.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: put the plan to work or see if it helped? (a) put the plan to work (b) see if it helped
16. 16.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: breaking it into parts? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
17. 17.🔁 Your fix did not work. What next? (a) give up (b) hide it (c) try another idea (d) blame the tools
18. 18.True or false: “asking for help” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) blaming others (b) making a list (c) staying calm (d) trying again
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking it into parts (b) giving up at once (c) staying calm (d) making a list
21. 21.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) drawing a diagram (b) staying calm (c) trying again (d) repeating the same try
22. 22.True or false: “blaming others” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) guessing wildly (b) staying calm (c) making a list (d) breaking it into parts
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the same try (b) guessing wildly (c) breaking it into parts (d) giving up at once
25. 25.🛠️ What is the first step in solving a problem? (a) know what is wrong (b) try any idea (c) give up (d) blame someone
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming others (b) ignoring the problem (c) guessing wildly (d) making a list
27. 27.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: try it out or check if it worked? (a) try it out (b) check if it worked
28. 28.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: pick one plan? (a) step 5 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up at once (b) repeating the same try (c) asking for help (d) ignoring the problem
30. 30.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) giving up at once (b) breaking it into parts (c) asking for help (d) making a list
31. 31.True or false: “breaking it into parts” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: see if it helped? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 5
33. 33.True or false: “staying calm” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🤝 Who can help you solve a hard problem? (a) only a stranger (b) a teacher or parent (c) a rumour (d) nobody ever
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying again (b) ignoring the problem (c) staying calm (d) breaking it into parts
36. 36.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: list possible fixes? (a) step 5 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming others (b) trying again (c) panicking (d) giving up at once
38. 38.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: blaming others? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
39. 39.True or false: “drawing a diagram” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “making a list” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False

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