Problem Solving Skills Worksheet: Five Steps

Critical thinking lesson 19: Problem-solving steps · Set 417 · 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.🛠️ What is the first step in solving a problem? (a) blame someone (b) give up (c) try any idea (d) know what is wrong
2. 2.🚲 Your cycle chain keeps slipping off. What is a good first step? (a) look at what is wrong (b) buy a new cycle (c) stop cycling (d) kick the cycle
3. 3.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: put the plan to work? (a) step 5 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
4. 4.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: staying calm? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
5. 5.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: ignoring the problem? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
6. 6.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) trying again (b) blaming others (c) repeating the same try (d) panicking
7. 7.True or false: “staying calm” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) staying calm (b) making a list (c) guessing wildly (d) asking for help
9. 9.🛠️ 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
10. 10.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: try it out or check if it worked? (a) try it out (b) check if it worked
11. 11.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: think of ideas or choose the best idea? (a) think of ideas (b) choose the best idea
12. 12.True or false: “drawing a diagram” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: understand the problem or see if it helped? (a) understand the problem (b) see if it helped
14. 14.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: repeating the same try? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
15. 15.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: asking for help? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
16. 16.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: check if it worked? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 5 (d) step 3
17. 17.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: say what is wrong or put the plan to work? (a) say what is wrong (b) put the plan to work
18. 18.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) repeating the same try (b) giving up at once (c) ignoring the problem (d) drawing a diagram
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) panicking (b) trying again (c) drawing a diagram (d) staying calm
20. 20.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) repeating the same try (b) panicking (c) giving up at once (d) breaking it into parts
21. 21.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) staying calm (b) giving up at once (c) panicking (d) ignoring the problem
22. 22.🔁 Your fix did not work. What next? (a) blame the tools (b) give up (c) try another idea (d) hide it
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking it into parts (b) staying calm (c) asking for help (d) blaming others
24. 24.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: breaking it into parts? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
25. 25.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: choose the best idea? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 5
26. 26.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: making a list? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
27. 27.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: try it out or list possible fixes? (a) try it out (b) list possible fixes
28. 28.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) ignoring the problem (b) repeating the same try (c) panicking (d) making a list
29. 29.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: understand the problem or pick one plan? (a) understand the problem (b) pick one plan
30. 30.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: see if it helped? (a) step 5 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing wildly (b) panicking (c) ignoring the problem (d) breaking it into parts
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the same try (b) breaking it into parts (c) making a list (d) staying calm
33. 33.True or false: “ignoring the problem” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: choose the best idea or put the plan to work? (a) choose the best idea (b) put the plan to work
35. 35.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) staying calm (b) asking for help (c) repeating the same try (d) making a list
36. 36.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) blaming others (b) guessing wildly (c) asking for help (d) giving up at once
37. 37.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: understand the problem or try it out? (a) understand the problem (b) try it out
38. 38.True or false: “panicking” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “making a list” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “giving up at once” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False

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