Problem Solving Skills Worksheet: Five Steps

Critical thinking lesson 19: Problem-solving steps · Set 523 · 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: choose the best idea or think of ideas? (a) choose the best idea (b) think of ideas
2. 2.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: pick one plan? (a) step 3 (b) step 5 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
3. 3.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: say what is wrong? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 5 (d) step 3
4. 4.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: think of ideas or understand the problem? (a) think of ideas (b) understand the problem
5. 5.True or false: “repeating the same try” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🚲 Your cycle chain keeps slipping off. What is a good first step? (a) buy a new cycle (b) kick the cycle (c) stop cycling (d) look at what is wrong
7. 7.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) breaking it into parts (b) trying again (c) panicking (d) drawing a diagram
8. 8.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: blaming others? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
9. 9.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: list possible fixes or check if it worked? (a) list possible fixes (b) check if it worked
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making a list (b) blaming others (c) panicking (d) guessing wildly
11. 11.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) giving up at once (b) blaming others (c) panicking (d) trying again
12. 12.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) staying calm (b) trying again (c) giving up at once (d) drawing a diagram
13. 13.🧩 A big problem feels scary. What helps? (a) split it into parts (b) cry about it (c) wait for luck (d) ignore it
14. 14.True or false: “guessing wildly” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🤝 Who can help you solve a hard problem? (a) only a stranger (b) nobody ever (c) a teacher or parent (d) a rumour
16. 16.💡 Why think of more than one idea? (a) to confuse people (b) no reason (c) to waste time (d) to find the best one
17. 17.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: see if it helped? (a) step 5 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) panicking (b) staying calm (c) asking for help (d) trying again
19. 19.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: giving up at once? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
20. 20.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) blaming others (b) repeating the same try (c) staying calm (d) guessing wildly
21. 21.🔁 Your fix did not work. What next? (a) give up (b) blame the tools (c) hide it (d) try another idea
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing wildly (b) trying again (c) ignoring the problem (d) blaming others
23. 23.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: list possible fixes? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
24. 24.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: think of ideas or pick one plan? (a) think of ideas (b) pick one plan
25. 25.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: breaking it into parts? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the same try (b) panicking (c) staying calm (d) guessing wildly
27. 27.True or false: “guessing wildly” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “drawing a diagram” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking it into parts (b) drawing a diagram (c) repeating the same try (d) asking for help
30. 30.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: repeating the same try? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
31. 31.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: check if it worked? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 5
32. 32.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: choose the best idea or try it out? (a) choose the best idea (b) try it out
33. 33.🛠️ 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
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking it into parts (b) making a list (c) guessing wildly (d) trying again
35. 35.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: panicking? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
36. 36.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: ignoring the problem? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
37. 37.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: put the plan to work? (a) step 4 (b) step 5 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
38. 38.True or false: “asking for help” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: understand the problem or check if it worked? (a) understand the problem (b) check if it worked
40. 40.True or false: “making a list” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False

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