Are you good at solving problems?

Do you look at things in a planned way? Do you talk about a problem with other people or try and work it out on your own? This page is about finding out about better ways to help you solve problems.

To show how good you are at solving problems, you have to show that you can:

• Make sure you understand a problem with a suitable person and pick two ways of finding a way to solve it.
• Plan and try out at least one way of solving the problem.
• Check if the problem has been solved by following the ways that were agreed with the other person.

• Pick a problem and come up with two ways of solving it.
• Plan and try out at least one way of solving the problem.
• Check if the problem has been solved by checking your answers.

• Explore a difficult problem and come up with three ways for solving it.
• Plan and do a piece of work on at least one option for solving the problem.
• Check your answers to see if the problem has been solved.

Click on a level number to see more detailed information about the requirements for that level.