Problem Solving Skills Worksheet: Five Steps

Critical thinking lesson 19: Problem-solving steps · Set 463 · 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) giving up at once (b) guessing wildly (c) drawing a diagram (d) panicking
2. 2.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: making a list? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
3. 3.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) breaking it into parts (b) making a list (c) asking for help (d) ignoring the problem
4. 4.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: see if it helped? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 5 (d) step 3
5. 5.True or false: “staying calm” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: check if it worked? (a) step 1 (b) step 5 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
7. 7.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: list possible fixes or choose the best idea? (a) list possible fixes (b) choose the best idea
8. 8.💡 Why think of more than one idea? (a) to waste time (b) to find the best one (c) no reason (d) to confuse people
9. 9.🚲 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
10. 10.True or false: “trying again” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “repeating the same try” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
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.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: ignoring the problem? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
14. 14.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: understand the problem? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
15. 15.True or false: “breaking it into parts” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) staying calm (b) panicking (c) making a list (d) drawing a diagram
17. 17.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: think of ideas? (a) step 2 (b) step 5 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
18. 18.True or false: “drawing a diagram” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🛠️ 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
20. 20.🧩 A big problem feels scary. What helps? (a) ignore it (b) cry about it (c) split it into parts (d) wait for luck
21. 21.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: see if it helped or say what is wrong? (a) see if it helped (b) say what is wrong
22. 22.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: say what is wrong or try it out? (a) say what is wrong (b) try it out
23. 23.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: panicking? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
24. 24.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) giving up at once (b) staying calm (c) guessing wildly (d) panicking
25. 25.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: say what is wrong or list possible fixes? (a) say what is wrong (b) list possible fixes
26. 26.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) staying calm (b) asking for help (c) drawing a diagram (d) blaming others
27. 27.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: check if it worked or say what is wrong? (a) check if it worked (b) say what is wrong
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help (b) drawing a diagram (c) repeating the same try (d) trying again
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the same try (b) ignoring the problem (c) trying again (d) giving up at once
30. 30.🛠️ 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
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying again (b) blaming others (c) making a list (d) staying calm
32. 32.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) trying again (b) giving up at once (c) making a list (d) drawing a diagram
33. 33.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: think of ideas or understand the problem? (a) think of ideas (b) understand the problem
34. 34.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: blaming others? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
35. 35.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) breaking it into parts (b) trying again (c) repeating the same try (d) drawing a diagram
36. 36.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) blaming others (b) guessing wildly (c) trying again (d) giving up at once
37. 37.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: breaking it into parts? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
38. 38.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: giving up at once? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
39. 39.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: put the plan to work? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 5
40. 40.True or false: “asking for help” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False

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