The ability of students in this school is low in understanding the questions given by the
teacher. As a result they find it difficult to know the steps on how to solve the problem.
Efforts that can be done are implementing Polya's steps.Quasi-experimental research was
conducted in this study with the Randomized Control Group Only Design. Students of class
VIII at this school are used as population. The experimental class is class VIIIA and the
control class is class VIIIB. Final test data in the form of essays obtained were analyzed by t
test. The result is the average problem solving ability with the application of Polya's steps,
78.23 and the control class, 72.38, with achievement in the experimental class 81% and in the
control class, 48%. After being analyzed, t_count = 2.33 and t_table = 1.68 with a confidence
level of 95% so that t_count> t_table (2.33> 1.68), meaning that the proposed hypothesis is
accepted and the ability of students in solving problems using Polya steps is higher rather than
without applying these steps.
Keywords: polya step; problem solving; two variables linear equation