Problem Solving Skills Worksheet: Five Steps

Critical thinking lesson 19: Problem-solving steps · Set 445 · 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 problem-solving step is this: pick one plan? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 5
2. 2.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: ignoring the problem? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the same try (b) guessing wildly (c) ignoring the problem (d) staying calm
4. 4.True or false: “ignoring the problem” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: asking for help? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
6. 6.🤝 Who can help you solve a hard problem? (a) nobody ever (b) only a stranger (c) a rumour (d) a teacher or parent
7. 7.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: try it out or see if it helped? (a) try it out (b) see if it helped
8. 8.True or false: “ignoring the problem” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: check if it worked? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 5 (d) step 1
10. 10.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) trying again (b) drawing a diagram (c) staying calm (d) ignoring the problem
11. 11.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: blaming others? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
12. 12.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: making a list? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
13. 13.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) panicking (b) blaming others (c) drawing a diagram (d) repeating the same try
14. 14.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: repeating the same try? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
15. 15.🔁 Your fix did not work. What next? (a) hide it (b) try another idea (c) blame the tools (d) give up
16. 16.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) repeating the same try (b) asking for help (c) panicking (d) guessing wildly
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.True or false: “asking for help” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: put the plan to work or understand the problem? (a) put the plan to work (b) understand the problem
20. 20.True or false: “making a list” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: understand the problem or put the plan to work? (a) understand the problem (b) put the plan to work
22. 22.🚲 Your cycle chain keeps slipping off. What is a good first step? (a) stop cycling (b) kick the cycle (c) look at what is wrong (d) buy a new cycle
23. 23.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: try it out? (a) step 5 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
24. 24.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: think of ideas or say what is wrong? (a) think of ideas (b) say what is wrong
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) panicking (b) giving up at once (c) trying again (d) repeating the same try
26. 26.🧩 A big problem feels scary. What helps? (a) ignore it (b) wait for luck (c) cry about it (d) split it into parts
27. 27.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: put the plan to work? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
28. 28.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: choose the best idea or see if it helped? (a) choose the best idea (b) see if it helped
29. 29.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) breaking it into parts (b) guessing wildly (c) drawing a diagram (d) trying again
30. 30.💡 Why think of more than one idea? (a) to waste time (b) no reason (c) to find the best one (d) to confuse people
31. 31.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) drawing a diagram (b) repeating the same try (c) trying again (d) asking for help
32. 32.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: breaking it into parts? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up at once (b) ignoring the problem (c) breaking it into parts (d) repeating the same try
34. 34.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: think of ideas? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 5
35. 35.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) repeating the same try (b) guessing wildly (c) ignoring the problem (d) breaking it into parts
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the problem (b) panicking (c) drawing a diagram (d) repeating the same try
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) trying again (c) breaking it into parts (d) panicking
38. 38.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: say what is wrong? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 5
39. 39.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: guessing wildly? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
40. 40.True or false: “guessing wildly” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False

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