Problem Solving Skills Worksheet: Five Steps

Critical thinking lesson 19: Problem-solving steps · Set 396 · 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: put the plan to work or list possible fixes? (a) put the plan to work (b) list possible fixes
2. 2.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: understand the problem? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
3. 3.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: check if it worked? (a) step 5 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
4. 4.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: trying again? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
5. 5.True or false: “guessing wildly” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: drawing a diagram? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
7. 7.🚲 Your cycle chain keeps slipping off. What is a good first step? (a) look at what is wrong (b) stop cycling (c) buy a new cycle (d) kick the cycle
8. 8.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) ignoring the problem (b) drawing a diagram (c) giving up at once (d) guessing wildly
9. 9.True or false: “panicking” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up at once (b) making a list (c) drawing a diagram (d) asking for help
11. 11.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: asking for help? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
12. 12.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) panicking (b) ignoring the problem (c) breaking it into parts (d) giving up at once
13. 13.🧩 A big problem feels scary. What helps? (a) wait for luck (b) ignore it (c) split it into parts (d) cry about it
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) panicking (b) asking for help (c) drawing a diagram (d) trying again
15. 15.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: choose the best idea? (a) step 5 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
16. 16.🛠️ 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
17. 17.🔁 Your fix did not work. What next? (a) blame the tools (b) try another idea (c) give up (d) hide it
18. 18.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) ignoring the problem (b) staying calm (c) trying again (d) breaking it into parts
19. 19.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) blaming others (b) trying again (c) panicking (d) repeating the same try
20. 20.True or false: “trying again” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “giving up at once” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: check if it worked or pick one plan? (a) check if it worked (b) pick one plan
23. 23.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: breaking it into parts? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
24. 24.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: giving up at once? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
25. 25.True or false: “asking for help” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the same try (b) guessing wildly (c) making a list (d) panicking
27. 27.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) panicking (b) repeating the same try (c) guessing wildly (d) staying calm
28. 28.💡 Why think of more than one idea? (a) no reason (b) to waste time (c) to find the best one (d) to confuse people
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming others (b) ignoring the problem (c) giving up at once (d) staying calm
30. 30.True or false: “panicking” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: ignoring the problem? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
32. 32.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) panicking (b) asking for help (c) repeating the same try (d) ignoring the problem
33. 33.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: staying calm? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
34. 34.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) asking for help (b) panicking (c) making a list (d) breaking it into parts
35. 35.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: see if it helped or choose the best idea? (a) see if it helped (b) choose the best idea
36. 36.True or false: “drawing a diagram” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: blaming others? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
38. 38.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: say what is wrong? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 5
39. 39.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: put the plan to work? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 5
40. 40.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) making a list (b) panicking (c) repeating the same try (d) guessing wildly

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