Problem Solving Skills Worksheet: Five Steps

Critical thinking lesson 19: Problem-solving steps · Set 544 · 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 problem-solving step is this: choose the best idea? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 5 (d) step 1
2. 2.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: trying again? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
3. 3.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: try it out or think of ideas? (a) try it out (b) think of ideas
4. 4.🔁 Your fix did not work. What next? (a) give up (b) hide it (c) blame the tools (d) try another idea
5. 5.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: say what is wrong or check if it worked? (a) say what is wrong (b) check if it worked
6. 6.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) staying calm (b) asking for help (c) repeating the same try (d) trying again
7. 7.True or false: “staying calm” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) breaking it into parts (b) panicking (c) asking for help (d) making a list
9. 9.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: pick one plan? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
10. 10.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) breaking it into parts (b) trying again (c) asking for help (d) ignoring the problem
11. 11.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: think of ideas? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
12. 12.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: staying calm? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
13. 13.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) guessing wildly (b) staying calm (c) asking for help (d) drawing a diagram
14. 14.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: giving up at once? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
15. 15.🧩 A big problem feels scary. What helps? (a) ignore it (b) split it into parts (c) wait for luck (d) cry about it
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing wildly (b) breaking it into parts (c) making a list (d) asking for help
17. 17.True or false: “trying again” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) ignoring the problem (b) staying calm (c) guessing wildly (d) repeating the same try
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help (b) staying calm (c) making a list (d) blaming others
20. 20.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: ignoring the problem? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
21. 21.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: guessing wildly? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
22. 22.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: choose the best idea or understand the problem? (a) choose the best idea (b) understand the problem
23. 23.True or false: “ignoring the problem” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “drawing a diagram” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: check if it worked or say what is wrong? (a) check if it worked (b) say what is wrong
26. 26.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: breaking it into parts? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
27. 27.🚲 Your cycle chain keeps slipping off. What is a good first step? (a) kick the cycle (b) buy a new cycle (c) stop cycling (d) look at what is wrong
28. 28.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: list possible fixes or understand the problem? (a) list possible fixes (b) understand the problem
29. 29.True or false: “guessing wildly” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: pick one plan or think of ideas? (a) pick one plan (b) think of ideas
31. 31.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: put the plan to work or pick one plan? (a) put the plan to work (b) pick one plan
32. 32.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: asking for help? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
33. 33.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: put the plan to work? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
34. 34.True or false: “blaming others” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: blaming others? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
36. 36.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: list possible fixes? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
37. 37.True or false: “guessing wildly” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) repeating the same try (b) guessing wildly (c) ignoring the problem (d) breaking it into parts
39. 39.True or false: “asking for help” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: choose the best idea or try it out? (a) choose the best idea (b) try it out

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