Problem Solving Skills Worksheet: Five Steps

Critical thinking lesson 19: Problem-solving steps · Set 510 · 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.🛠️ What is the first step in solving a problem? (a) blame someone (b) try any idea (c) give up (d) know what is wrong
2. 2.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) ignoring the problem (b) trying again (c) breaking it into parts (d) staying calm
3. 3.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: guessing wildly? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
4. 4.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: choose the best idea? (a) step 5 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
5. 5.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) blaming others (b) ignoring the problem (c) drawing a diagram (d) guessing wildly
6. 6.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: see if it helped? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 5 (d) step 3
7. 7.True or false: “giving up at once” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “making a list” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying again (b) drawing a diagram (c) asking for help (d) panicking
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help (b) giving up at once (c) trying again (d) breaking it into parts
11. 11.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: try it out? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 5
12. 12.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: list possible fixes or understand the problem? (a) list possible fixes (b) understand the problem
13. 13.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: understand the problem or put the plan to work? (a) understand the problem (b) put the plan to work
14. 14.🛠️ 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
15. 15.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: asking for help? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
16. 16.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: check if it worked? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 5 (d) step 4
17. 17.True or false: “staying calm” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) making a list (b) breaking it into parts (c) panicking (d) drawing a diagram
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) blaming others (c) panicking (d) repeating the same try
20. 20.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: breaking it into parts? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
21. 21.🛠️ 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
22. 22.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) giving up at once (b) repeating the same try (c) trying again (d) ignoring the problem
23. 23.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: put the plan to work? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
24. 24.True or false: “guessing wildly” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) panicking (b) ignoring the problem (c) asking for help (d) giving up at once
26. 26.True or false: “breaking it into parts” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔁 Your fix did not work. What next? (a) try another idea (b) blame the tools (c) hide it (d) give up
28. 28.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: repeating the same try? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
29. 29.True or false: “ignoring the problem” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🚲 Your cycle chain keeps slipping off. What is a good first step? (a) stop cycling (b) look at what is wrong (c) buy a new cycle (d) kick the cycle
31. 31.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) giving up at once (b) making a list (c) breaking it into parts (d) trying again
32. 32.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) guessing wildly (b) blaming others (c) repeating the same try (d) asking for help
33. 33.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: trying again? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
34. 34.💡 Why think of more than one idea? (a) to waste time (b) no reason (c) to confuse people (d) to find the best one
35. 35.True or false: “giving up at once” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: making a list? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
37. 37.🧩 A big problem feels scary. What helps? (a) cry about it (b) wait for luck (c) ignore it (d) split it into parts
38. 38.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) drawing a diagram (b) breaking it into parts (c) making a list (d) repeating the same try
39. 39.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) panicking (b) giving up at once (c) staying calm (d) blaming others
40. 40.True or false: “drawing a diagram” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False

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