Problem Solving Skills Worksheet: Five Steps

Critical thinking lesson 19: Problem-solving steps · Set 50 · 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.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: check if it worked or choose the best idea? (a) check if it worked (b) choose the best idea
2. 2.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: drawing a diagram? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
3. 3.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: put the plan to work? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
4. 4.True or false: “asking for help” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: breaking it into parts? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
6. 6.🛠️ What is the first step in solving a problem? (a) try any idea (b) know what is wrong (c) blame someone (d) give up
7. 7.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: panicking? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
8. 8.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: pick one plan? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 5
9. 9.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: understand the problem or try it out? (a) understand the problem (b) try it out
10. 10.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: ignoring the problem? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
11. 11.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: list possible fixes or pick one plan? (a) list possible fixes (b) pick one plan
12. 12.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) trying again (b) blaming others (c) drawing a diagram (d) asking for help
13. 13.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) guessing wildly (b) blaming others (c) asking for help (d) giving up at once
14. 14.💡 Why think of more than one idea? (a) no reason (b) to waste time (c) to find the best one (d) to confuse people
15. 15.🚲 Your cycle chain keeps slipping off. What is a good first step? (a) stop cycling (b) buy a new cycle (c) kick the cycle (d) look at what is wrong
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drawing a diagram (b) blaming others (c) staying calm (d) making a list
17. 17.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: choose the best idea or check if it worked? (a) choose the best idea (b) check if it worked
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help (b) guessing wildly (c) ignoring the problem (d) repeating the same try
19. 19.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: try it out? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
20. 20.True or false: “ignoring the problem” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧩 A big problem feels scary. What helps? (a) split it into parts (b) cry about it (c) ignore it (d) wait for luck
22. 22.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: check if it worked or try it out? (a) check if it worked (b) try it out
23. 23.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: check if it worked? (a) step 2 (b) step 5 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
24. 24.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: blaming others? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming others (b) drawing a diagram (c) guessing wildly (d) giving up at once
26. 26.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: try it out or choose the best idea? (a) try it out (b) choose the best idea
27. 27.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) panicking (b) drawing a diagram (c) staying calm (d) breaking it into parts
28. 28.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: list possible fixes or see if it helped? (a) list possible fixes (b) see if it helped
29. 29.True or false: “repeating the same try” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the problem (b) breaking it into parts (c) staying calm (d) trying again
31. 31.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: try it out or pick one plan? (a) try it out (b) pick one plan
32. 32.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: put the plan to work or say what is wrong? (a) put the plan to work (b) say what is wrong
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up at once (b) trying again (c) guessing wildly (d) ignoring the problem
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the problem (b) panicking (c) breaking it into parts (d) blaming others
35. 35.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: check if it worked or put the plan to work? (a) check if it worked (b) put the plan to work
36. 36.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: say what is wrong? (a) step 1 (b) step 5 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
37. 37.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: understand the problem? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
38. 38.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: think of ideas? (a) step 4 (b) step 5 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
39. 39.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: choose the best idea? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
40. 40.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) repeating the same try (b) ignoring the problem (c) staying calm (d) giving up at once

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