Problem Solving Skills Worksheet: Five Steps

Critical thinking lesson 19: Problem-solving steps · Set 436 · 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) panicking (b) trying again (c) blaming others (d) ignoring the problem
2. 2.🚲 Your cycle chain keeps slipping off. What is a good first step? (a) buy a new cycle (b) look at what is wrong (c) stop cycling (d) kick the cycle
3. 3.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: try it out? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 5 (d) step 4
4. 4.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) drawing a diagram (b) asking for help (c) panicking (d) staying calm
5. 5.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: pick one plan or understand the problem? (a) pick one plan (b) understand the problem
6. 6.🔁 Your fix did not work. What next? (a) give up (b) blame the tools (c) try another idea (d) hide it
7. 7.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) panicking (b) ignoring the problem (c) giving up at once (d) staying calm
8. 8.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: check if it worked? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 5 (d) step 3
9. 9.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: ignoring the problem? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
10. 10.True or false: “breaking it into parts” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: put the plan to work or think of ideas? (a) put the plan to work (b) think of ideas
12. 12.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: repeating the same try? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
13. 13.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: check if it worked or try it out? (a) check if it worked (b) try it out
14. 14.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: pick one plan? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming others (b) asking for help (c) making a list (d) trying again
16. 16.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: try it out or check if it worked? (a) try it out (b) check if it worked
17. 17.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: staying calm? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
18. 18.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: breaking it into parts? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
19. 19.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: think of ideas or pick one plan? (a) think of ideas (b) pick one plan
20. 20.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: drawing a diagram? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
21. 21.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: list possible fixes? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 5
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drawing a diagram (b) making a list (c) guessing wildly (d) breaking it into parts
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the problem (b) staying calm (c) panicking (d) blaming others
24. 24.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) trying again (b) drawing a diagram (c) repeating the same try (d) asking for help
25. 25.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: making a list? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
26. 26.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
27. 27.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: think of ideas? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
28. 28.🛠️ What is the first step in solving a problem? (a) give up (b) blame someone (c) know what is wrong (d) try any idea
29. 29.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: see if it helped? (a) step 5 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
30. 30.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) drawing a diagram (b) making a list (c) trying again (d) ignoring the problem
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing wildly (b) giving up at once (c) breaking it into parts (d) panicking
32. 32.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: put the plan to work? (a) step 5 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
33. 33.True or false: “making a list” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “trying again” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: trying again? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
36. 36.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: giving up at once? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
37. 37.💡 Why think of more than one idea? (a) to waste time (b) to find the best one (c) to confuse people (d) no reason
38. 38.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) guessing wildly (b) trying again (c) making a list (d) staying calm
39. 39.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: blaming others? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
40. 40.True or false: “staying calm” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True

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