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Problem Solving Skills Worksheet: Five Steps

Critical thinking lesson 19: Problem-solving steps · Set 84 · 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.True or false: “ignoring the problem” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: “trying again” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) panicking (b) repeating the same try (c) staying calm (d) giving up at once
  4. 4.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: list possible fixes or see if it helped? (a) list possible fixes (b) see if it helped
  5. 5.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: giving up at once? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
  6. 6.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: choose the best idea or put the plan to work? (a) choose the best idea (b) put the plan to work
  7. 7.True or false: “ignoring the problem” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: list possible fixes or say what is wrong? (a) list possible fixes (b) say what is wrong
  9. 9.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: asking for help? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
  10. 10.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: list possible fixes or choose the best idea? (a) list possible fixes (b) choose the best idea
  11. 11.🧩 A big problem feels scary. What helps? (a) cry about it (b) split it into parts (c) ignore it (d) wait for luck
  12. 12.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: check if it worked or put the plan to work? (a) check if it worked (b) put the plan to work
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the problem (b) blaming others (c) repeating the same try (d) making a list
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the same try (b) ignoring the problem (c) staying calm (d) panicking
  15. 15.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: blaming others? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
  16. 16.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: put the plan to work or check if it worked? (a) put the plan to work (b) check if it worked
  17. 17.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: choose the best idea or think of ideas? (a) choose the best idea (b) think of ideas
  18. 18.True or false: “asking for help” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: “making a list” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: say what is wrong? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 5
  21. 21.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: try it out or pick one plan? (a) try it out (b) pick one plan
  22. 22.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: choose the best idea? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 5
  23. 23.True or false: “trying again” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “staying calm” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: try it out or see if it helped? (a) try it out (b) see if it helped
  26. 26.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: say what is wrong or see if it helped? (a) say what is wrong (b) see if it helped
  27. 27.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: staying calm? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
  28. 28.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) breaking it into parts (b) drawing a diagram (c) asking for help (d) panicking
  29. 29.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: put the plan to work? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
  30. 30.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: check if it worked? (a) step 3 (b) step 5 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
  31. 31.🛠️ 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
  32. 32.True or false: “drawing a diagram” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: breaking it into parts? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
  34. 34.Which of these helps you solve a problem? (a) panicking (b) giving up at once (c) breaking it into parts (d) blaming others
  35. 35.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: understand the problem? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 5
  36. 36.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: pick one plan? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
  37. 37.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) asking for help (b) making a list (c) trying again (d) ignoring the problem
  38. 38.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) blaming others (b) making a list (c) staying calm (d) breaking it into parts
  39. 39.True or false: “repeating the same try” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: try it out? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 5 (d) step 1

Answer key

  1. False
  2. True
  3. staying calm
  4. list possible fixes
  5. gets in the way
  6. choose the best idea
  7. True
  8. say what is wrong
  9. helps solve it
  10. list possible fixes
  11. split it into parts
  12. put the plan to work
  13. making a list
  14. staying calm
  15. gets in the way
  16. put the plan to work
  17. think of ideas
  18. True
  19. False
  20. step 1
  21. pick one plan
  22. step 3
  23. False
  24. True
  25. try it out
  26. say what is wrong
  27. helps solve it
  28. panicking
  29. step 4
  30. step 5
  31. put the plan to work
  32. False
  33. helps solve it
  34. breaking it into parts
  35. step 1
  36. step 3
  37. ignoring the problem
  38. blaming others
  39. False
  40. step 4

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