Problem Solving Skills Worksheet: Five Steps

Critical thinking lesson 19: Problem-solving steps · Set 484 · 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 gets in the way of solving? (a) drawing a diagram (b) breaking it into parts (c) staying calm (d) ignoring the problem
2. 2.🛠️ What is the first step in solving a problem? (a) blame someone (b) try any idea (c) give up (d) know what is wrong
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help (b) ignoring the problem (c) breaking it into parts (d) drawing a diagram
4. 4.True or false: “panicking” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: say what is wrong or pick one plan? (a) say what is wrong (b) pick one plan
6. 6.🔁 Your fix did not work. What next? (a) blame the tools (b) try another idea (c) give up (d) hide it
7. 7.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) repeating the same try (b) blaming others (c) panicking (d) staying calm
8. 8.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: see if it helped? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 5
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the problem (b) giving up at once (c) asking for help (d) blaming others
10. 10.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: list possible fixes? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
11. 11.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: guessing wildly? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
12. 12.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: try it out? (a) step 2 (b) step 5 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drawing a diagram (b) guessing wildly (c) breaking it into parts (d) asking for help
14. 14.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: put the plan to work or see if it helped? (a) put the plan to work (b) see if it helped
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help (b) trying again (c) breaking it into parts (d) blaming others
16. 16.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: say what is wrong or see if it helped? (a) say what is wrong (b) see if it helped
17. 17.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: check if it worked? (a) step 1 (b) step 5 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
18. 18.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: choose the best idea? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 5
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up at once (b) ignoring the problem (c) blaming others (d) drawing a diagram
20. 20.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: panicking? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
21. 21.🚲 Your cycle chain keeps slipping off. What is a good first step? (a) buy a new cycle (b) look at what is wrong (c) kick the cycle (d) stop cycling
22. 22.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: see if it helped or put the plan to work? (a) see if it helped (b) put the plan to work
23. 23.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: pick one plan? (a) step 3 (b) step 5 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
24. 24.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) ignoring the problem (b) repeating the same try (c) guessing wildly (d) drawing a diagram
25. 25.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: say what is wrong? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
26. 26.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) breaking it into parts (b) asking for help (c) panicking (d) staying calm
27. 27.True or false: “making a list” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) repeating the same try (b) asking for help (c) making a list (d) staying calm
29. 29.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: think of ideas? (a) step 5 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
30. 30.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: understand the problem? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 5 (d) step 1
31. 31.True or false: “breaking it into parts” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: pick one plan or try it out? (a) pick one plan (b) try it out
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking it into parts (b) staying calm (c) asking for help (d) giving up at once
34. 34.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: breaking it into parts? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
35. 35.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: making a list? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
36. 36.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: try it out or think of ideas? (a) try it out (b) think of ideas
37. 37.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) breaking it into parts (b) staying calm (c) giving up at once (d) drawing a diagram
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the same try (b) blaming others (c) ignoring the problem (d) making a list
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up at once (b) panicking (c) guessing wildly (d) trying again
40. 40.True or false: “repeating the same try” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True

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