Problem Solving Skills Worksheet: Five Steps

Critical thinking lesson 19: Problem-solving steps · Set 467 · 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: “guessing wildly” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: breaking it into parts? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
3. 3.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) panicking (b) making a list (c) asking for help (d) drawing a diagram
4. 4.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) giving up at once (b) blaming others (c) repeating the same try (d) staying calm
5. 5.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) giving up at once (b) making a list (c) blaming others (d) guessing wildly
6. 6.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: understand the problem? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
7. 7.True or false: “staying calm” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) breaking it into parts (b) guessing wildly (c) trying again (d) staying calm
9. 9.🧩 A big problem feels scary. What helps? (a) cry about it (b) ignore it (c) wait for luck (d) split it into parts
10. 10.🛠️ 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
11. 11.🚲 Your cycle chain keeps slipping off. What is a good first step? (a) buy a new cycle (b) kick the cycle (c) stop cycling (d) look at what is wrong
12. 12.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: staying calm? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing wildly (b) panicking (c) blaming others (d) staying calm
14. 14.True or false: “repeating the same try” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: panicking? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
16. 16.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: ignoring the problem? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
17. 17.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) blaming others (b) giving up at once (c) breaking it into parts (d) guessing wildly
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) asking for help (c) making a list (d) giving up at once
19. 19.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: blaming others? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
20. 20.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: asking for help? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming others (b) giving up at once (c) repeating the same try (d) breaking it into parts
22. 22.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: put the plan to work or choose the best idea? (a) put the plan to work (b) choose the best idea
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) panicking (b) asking for help (c) trying again (d) breaking it into parts
24. 24.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: choose the best idea? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drawing a diagram (b) staying calm (c) making a list (d) blaming others
26. 26.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: drawing a diagram? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
27. 27.True or false: “asking for help” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the same try (b) making a list (c) panicking (d) giving up at once
29. 29.💡 Why think of more than one idea? (a) to find the best one (b) to confuse people (c) to waste time (d) no reason
30. 30.True or false: “breaking it into parts” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “drawing a diagram” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: say what is wrong or think of ideas? (a) say what is wrong (b) think of ideas
33. 33.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) trying again (b) giving up at once (c) breaking it into parts (d) making a list
34. 34.🔁 Your fix did not work. What next? (a) blame the tools (b) hide it (c) try another idea (d) give up
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying again (b) drawing a diagram (c) guessing wildly (d) making a list
36. 36.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: say what is wrong? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 5 (d) step 3
37. 37.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: choose the best idea or think of ideas? (a) choose the best idea (b) think of ideas
38. 38.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: think of ideas? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 5 (d) step 3
39. 39.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) staying calm (b) breaking it into parts (c) trying again (d) ignoring the problem
40. 40.🛠️ What is the first step in solving a problem? (a) blame someone (b) know what is wrong (c) give up (d) try any idea

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