Problem Solving Skills Worksheet: Five Steps

Critical thinking lesson 19: Problem-solving steps · Set 479 · 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.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: giving up at once? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
2. 2.True or false: “trying again” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: drawing a diagram? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
4. 4.💡 Why think of more than one idea? (a) no reason (b) to waste time (c) to confuse people (d) to find the best one
5. 5.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: say what is wrong? (a) step 5 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
6. 6.🔁 Your fix did not work. What next? (a) try another idea (b) hide it (c) blame the tools (d) give up
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drawing a diagram (b) panicking (c) staying calm (d) asking for help
8. 8.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: check if it worked? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 5 (d) step 4
9. 9.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) panicking (b) blaming others (c) guessing wildly (d) staying calm
10. 10.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: try it out? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) blaming others (c) making a list (d) drawing a diagram
12. 12.🛠️ 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
13. 13.True or false: “guessing wildly” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “ignoring the problem” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: understand the problem? (a) step 5 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
16. 16.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: see if it helped or try it out? (a) see if it helped (b) try it out
17. 17.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: panicking? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
18. 18.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: think of ideas? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 5 (d) step 1
19. 19.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: put the plan to work? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
20. 20.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: see if it helped? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 5
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the same try (b) ignoring the problem (c) giving up at once (d) trying again
22. 22.🤝 Who can help you solve a hard problem? (a) nobody ever (b) a rumour (c) only a stranger (d) a teacher or parent
23. 23.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) breaking it into parts (b) ignoring the problem (c) asking for help (d) staying calm
24. 24.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: think of ideas or understand the problem? (a) think of ideas (b) understand the problem
25. 25.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) asking for help (b) breaking it into parts (c) guessing wildly (d) staying calm
26. 26.🚲 Your cycle chain keeps slipping off. What is a good first step? (a) look at what is wrong (b) kick the cycle (c) buy a new cycle (d) stop cycling
27. 27.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: think of ideas or choose the best idea? (a) think of ideas (b) choose the best idea
28. 28.🛠️ 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
29. 29.True or false: “staying calm” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “breaking it into parts” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: staying calm? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
32. 32.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) giving up at once (b) repeating the same try (c) panicking (d) making a list
33. 33.True or false: “panicking” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: guessing wildly? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
35. 35.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: making a list? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking it into parts (b) staying calm (c) ignoring the problem (d) trying again
37. 37.True or false: “blaming others” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: think of ideas or say what is wrong? (a) think of ideas (b) say what is wrong
39. 39.True or false: “drawing a diagram” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: list possible fixes? (a) step 2 (b) step 5 (c) step 3 (d) step 4

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