Problem Solving Skills Worksheet: Five Steps

Critical thinking lesson 19: Problem-solving steps · Set 89 · 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.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: blaming others? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
2. 2.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) staying calm (b) asking for help (c) guessing wildly (d) making a list
3. 3.True or false: “breaking it into parts” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🛠️ 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
5. 5.True or false: “panicking” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming others (b) breaking it into parts (c) asking for help (d) drawing a diagram
7. 7.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) panicking (b) making a list (c) breaking it into parts (d) staying calm
8. 8.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: asking for help? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
9. 9.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) trying again (b) giving up at once (c) drawing a diagram (d) staying calm
10. 10.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: check if it worked? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 5 (d) step 3
11. 11.🛠️ What is the first step in solving a problem? (a) try any idea (b) know what is wrong (c) blame someone (d) give up
12. 12.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: choose the best idea or think of ideas? (a) choose the best idea (b) think of ideas
13. 13.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: try it out? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
14. 14.🛠️ 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
15. 15.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: think of ideas? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 5
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) panicking (b) trying again (c) asking for help (d) breaking it into parts
17. 17.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: list possible fixes or say what is wrong? (a) list possible fixes (b) say what is wrong
18. 18.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: see if it helped? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 5
19. 19.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: understand the problem? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 5 (d) step 1
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.🔁 Your fix did not work. What next? (a) give up (b) hide it (c) blame the tools (d) try another idea
22. 22.True or false: “making a list” helps you solve a problem. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: say what is wrong? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 5
24. 24.True or false: “repeating the same try” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: breaking it into parts? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
26. 26.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: see if it helped or choose the best idea? (a) see if it helped (b) choose the best idea
27. 27.True or false: “staying calm” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking it into parts (b) making a list (c) ignoring the problem (d) drawing a diagram
29. 29.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: staying calm? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
30. 30.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) staying calm (b) trying again (c) blaming others (d) asking for help
31. 31.Which of these gets in the way of solving? (a) making a list (b) repeating the same try (c) asking for help (d) trying again
32. 32.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: drawing a diagram? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
33. 33.True or false: “ignoring the problem” helps you solve a problem. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.💡 Why think of more than one idea? (a) to confuse people (b) to waste time (c) no reason (d) to find the best one
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) giving up at once (c) trying again (d) asking for help
36. 36.True or false: “blaming others” gets in the way of solving. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) trying again (c) guessing wildly (d) drawing a diagram
38. 38.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: trying again? (a) helps solve it (b) gets in the way
39. 39.🛠️ When solving a problem, which comes first: see if it helped or put the plan to work? (a) see if it helped (b) put the plan to work
40. 40.True or false: “asking for help” gets in the way of solving. (a) False (b) True

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