PETER WADE | ASK A BETTER QUESTION
Free educational worksheet for personal study.

1. NAME THE TASK
What are you trying to calculate, explain, compare or decide?
My task:

2. WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
List quantities, units, definitions and stated assumptions.
Known information:
Missing information:

3. SHOW YOUR ATTEMPT
What have you tried? At which exact step does the reasoning stop making sense?
My attempt:
The step where I get stuck:

4. ASK ONE ANSWERABLE QUESTION
I understand __________________, but I do not understand why/how __________________.

5. TEST YOUR UNDERSTANDING
What should you be able to explain or do independently afterwards?
My test:

Example: I can identify the model inputs, but I do not understand which assumption makes this output change. Can we work through one input at a time?

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28 September 2026