Problem Solving Skills Worksheet: Five Steps

Critical thinking lesson 19: Problem-solving steps · Set 455 · 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.True or false: “ignoring the problem” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧩 A big problem feels scary. What helps? (a) cry about it (b) split it into parts (c) ignore it (d) wait for luck
3. 3.🔁 Your fix did not work. What next? (a) blame the tools (b) give up (c) hide it (d) try another idea
4. 4.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: trying again? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
5. 5.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) staying calm (b) making a list (c) panicking (d) trying again
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the problem (b) asking for help (c) breaking it into parts (d) making a list
7. 7.True or false: “staying calm” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: see if it helped or list possible fixes? (a) see if it helped (b) list possible fixes
9. 9.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: see if it helped? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 5 (d) step 1
10. 10.🚲 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
11. 11.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: list possible fixes? (a) step 1 (b) step 5 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up at once (b) staying calm (c) making a list (d) asking for help
13. 13.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: say what is wrong or choose the best idea? (a) say what is wrong (b) choose the best idea
14. 14.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: staying calm? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
15. 15.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) blaming others (b) giving up at once (c) asking for help (d) panicking
16. 16.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: choose the best idea or list possible fixes? (a) choose the best idea (b) list possible fixes
17. 17.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: pick one plan? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
18. 18.💡 Why think of more than one idea? (a) no reason (b) to find the best one (c) to confuse people (d) to waste time
19. 19.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: blaming others? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
20. 20.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: choose the best idea or think of ideas? (a) choose the best idea (b) think of ideas
21. 21.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: think of ideas or pick one plan? (a) think of ideas (b) pick one plan
22. 22.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: giving up at once? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
23. 23.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) breaking it into parts (b) giving up at once (c) blaming others (d) guessing wildly
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up at once (b) ignoring the problem (c) breaking it into parts (d) blaming others
25. 25.True or false: “breaking it into parts” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) repeating the same try (b) making a list (c) blaming others (d) panicking
27. 27.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: put the plan to work? (a) step 5 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
28. 28.True or false: “blaming others” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “trying again” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: making a list? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying again (b) making a list (c) staying calm (d) repeating the same try
32. 32.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: try it out? (a) step 4 (b) step 5 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
33. 33.True or false: “blaming others” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: understand the problem or choose the best idea? (a) understand the problem (b) choose the best idea
35. 35.True or false: “making a list” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🛠️ 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
37. 37.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) asking for help (b) breaking it into parts (c) blaming others (d) drawing a diagram
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making a list (b) staying calm (c) blaming others (d) drawing a diagram
39. 39.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: asking for help? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
40. 40.🛠️ What is the first step in solving a problem? (a) give up (b) blame someone (c) know what is wrong (d) try any idea

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