Problem Solving Skills Worksheet: Five Steps

Critical thinking lesson 19: Problem-solving steps · Set 66 · 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: try it out? (a) step 5 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
2. 2.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) giving up at once (b) ignoring the problem (c) blaming others (d) asking for help
3. 3.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) ignoring the problem (b) giving up at once (c) blaming others (d) trying again
4. 4.True or false: “drawing a diagram” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: understand the problem? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 5
6. 6.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: see if it helped or try it out? (a) see if it helped (b) try it out
7. 7.🤝 Who can help you solve a hard problem? (a) only a stranger (b) a teacher or parent (c) nobody ever (d) a rumour
8. 8.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: asking for help? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming others (b) staying calm (c) guessing wildly (d) panicking
10. 10.True or false: “breaking it into parts” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “ignoring the problem” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧩 A big problem feels scary. What helps? (a) wait for luck (b) split it into parts (c) ignore it (d) cry about it
13. 13.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: pick one plan? (a) step 1 (b) step 5 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
14. 14.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) blaming others (b) asking for help (c) breaking it into parts (d) staying calm
15. 15.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: see if it helped or say what is wrong? (a) see if it helped (b) say what is wrong
16. 16.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: think of ideas? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 5
17. 17.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: drawing a diagram? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
18. 18.True or false: “giving up at once” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) repeating the same try (b) ignoring the problem (c) breaking it into parts (d) guessing wildly
20. 20.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: trying again? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
21. 21.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) staying calm (b) making a list (c) drawing a diagram (d) giving up at once
22. 22.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: say what is wrong? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
23. 23.True or false: “making a list” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) ignoring the problem (b) asking for help (c) breaking it into parts (d) trying again
25. 25.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) giving up at once (b) guessing wildly (c) panicking (d) making a list
26. 26.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) breaking it into parts (b) guessing wildly (c) asking for help (d) trying again
27. 27.💡 Why think of more than one idea? (a) to waste time (b) no reason (c) to confuse people (d) to find the best one
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the problem (b) guessing wildly (c) repeating the same try (d) making a list
29. 29.🚲 Your cycle chain keeps slipping off. What is a good first step? (a) look at what is wrong (b) buy a new cycle (c) stop cycling (d) kick the cycle
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) panicking (b) trying again (c) repeating the same try (d) giving up at once
31. 31.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) trying again (b) asking for help (c) breaking it into parts (d) repeating the same try
32. 32.True or false: “staying calm” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “asking for help” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: see if it helped or pick one plan? (a) see if it helped (b) pick one plan
35. 35.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: check if it worked? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 5
36. 36.🛠️ 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
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drawing a diagram (b) panicking (c) blaming others (d) guessing wildly
38. 38.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: making a list? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
39. 39.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) blaming others (b) staying calm (c) giving up at once (d) ignoring the problem
40. 40.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: think of ideas or say what is wrong? (a) think of ideas (b) say what is wrong

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