Problem Solving Skills Worksheet: Five Steps

Critical thinking lesson 19: Problem-solving steps · Set 488 · 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: repeating the same try? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
2. 2.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: see if it helped? (a) step 1 (b) step 5 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
3. 3.True or false: “repeating the same try” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: try it out? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 5 (d) step 4
5. 5.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: choose the best idea or try it out? (a) choose the best idea (b) try it out
6. 6.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: think of ideas or say what is wrong? (a) think of ideas (b) say what is wrong
7. 7.🤝 Who can help you solve a hard problem? (a) a teacher or parent (b) a rumour (c) nobody ever (d) only a stranger
8. 8.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) asking for help (b) ignoring the problem (c) panicking (d) giving up at once
9. 9.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: pick one plan? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
10. 10.True or false: “guessing wildly” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: guessing wildly? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
12. 12.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: asking for help? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
13. 13.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) repeating the same try (b) ignoring the problem (c) trying again (d) giving up at once
14. 14.🛠️ 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
15. 15.🛠️ What is the first step in solving a problem? (a) know what is wrong (b) try any idea (c) give up (d) blame someone
16. 16.💡 Why think of more than one idea? (a) to confuse people (b) to waste time (c) no reason (d) to find the best one
17. 17.🛠️ 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
18. 18.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) breaking it into parts (b) panicking (c) staying calm (d) drawing a diagram
19. 19.True or false: “panicking” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: trying again? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
21. 21.True or false: “breaking it into parts” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: choose the best idea? (a) step 5 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making a list (b) breaking it into parts (c) asking for help (d) panicking
24. 24.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) making a list (b) trying again (c) blaming others (d) breaking it into parts
25. 25.🚲 Your cycle chain keeps slipping off. What is a good first step? (a) buy a new cycle (b) stop cycling (c) look at what is wrong (d) kick the cycle
26. 26.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: try it out or think of ideas? (a) try it out (b) think of ideas
27. 27.🛠️ 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
28. 28.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: understand the problem? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
29. 29.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: breaking it into parts? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the problem (b) blaming others (c) drawing a diagram (d) repeating the same try
31. 31.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: check if it worked or pick one plan? (a) check if it worked (b) pick one plan
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) panicking (b) making a list (c) giving up at once (d) ignoring the problem
33. 33.🔁 Your fix did not work. What next? (a) try another idea (b) hide it (c) give up (d) blame the tools
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) blaming others (c) asking for help (d) making a list
35. 35.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: pick one plan or try it out? (a) pick one plan (b) try it out
36. 36.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: check if it worked? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 5
37. 37.True or false: “breaking it into parts” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: think of ideas? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
39. 39.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) breaking it into parts (b) giving up at once (c) making a list (d) staying calm
40. 40.True or false: “drawing a diagram” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False

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