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Problem Solving Skills Worksheet: Five Steps

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

Answer key

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

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