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Problem Solving Skills Worksheet: Five Steps

Critical thinking lesson 19: Problem-solving steps · Set 56 · 40 questions
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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.

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

Answer key

  1. look at what is wrong
  2. guessing wildly
  3. helps solve it
  4. making a list
  5. True
  6. split it into parts
  7. to find the best one
  8. trying again
  9. step 3
  10. step 4
  11. panicking
  12. staying calm
  13. repeating the same try
  14. True
  15. understand the problem
  16. False
  17. gets in the way
  18. asking for help
  19. ignoring the problem
  20. step 1
  21. False
  22. step 3
  23. True
  24. step 5
  25. step 2
  26. step 2
  27. put the plan to work
  28. blaming others
  29. understand the problem
  30. ignoring the problem
  31. gets in the way
  32. choose the best idea
  33. step 1
  34. False
  35. giving up at once
  36. think of ideas
  37. blaming others
  38. step 5
  39. True
  40. pick one plan

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