How to Solve a RUBIK'S Cube in 5 steps with (Pictures)

You solve the Rubik’s cube LAYER by LAYER using the following 5 steps:

STEP 1  -  COMPLETE THE FIRST LAYER CROSS
STEP 2  -  COMPLETE THE FIRST LAYER CORNERS 
STEP 3  -  COMPLETE SECOND LAYER
STEP 4  -  COMPLETE THE THIRD LAYER CROSS
STEP 5  -  COMPLETE THE THIRD LAYER CORNERS

STEP 1 - COMPLETE THE FIRST LAYER CROSS

1. Keep WHITE centre on top
2. Put the GREEN centre piece in front (facing you) 
3. Find the GREEN/ WHITE edge piece (it only has 2 colours) and turn it to one of the positions shown below (keeping white on top and green in front)
4. Choose the options below that matches your situation and follow the arrow steps to place the GREEN/ WHITE edge piece in place.

Keeping white on top, turn the cube so that a different colour face (center) is toward you. Follow the above instructions again. Repeat with the other two faces until the white cross is complete. This step is quite intuitive; you can do it for sure but it does take a little practice. Just move the white edges to their places not messing up the ones already fixed.  

STEP 2 - COMPLETE THE FIRST LAYER CORNERS

1. Keep WHITE on top
2. Put the GREEN centre piece in front (facing you) 
3. Find the GREEN/WHITE/RED corner (it has 3 colours) and place it in one of the positions below (without disturbing the white cross)
4. Choose from the steps below to place the GREEN/WHITE/RED corner piece in place without disturbing the white cross. 

Possible Problem:
The corner you are looking for is in the top layer, but in the wrong position or turned the wrong way around. Turn the cube so that the corner is in the front right top corner then move the corner to the bottom layer by following the following steps.

Solution:

Keeping white on top, turn the cube so that a different colour face is toward you. Follow the above instructions again. Repeat with the other two faces until the white cross is complete.

STEP 3 - COMPLETE SECOND LAYER

1. Keep WHITE on top
2. Find the GREEN/RED edge piece 
3. If it is in the bottom layer, then turn the bottom layer to match the edge with the centre colour (see fig below). 
4. If the edge is not in the bottom layer, then go to Step C
5. Choose from the steps below to place the edge piece in place.

Possible Problem:
The edge piece you want to move is in the second layer, but in the wrong position or the wrong way around.

Solution: Turn the cube so that the edge is in the front layer then do either solution above to move the piece into the bottom row. The go back to step 4 above.

Continue A and B with different centers facing you until the second layer is complete

STEP 4 - COMPLETE THE THIRD LAYER CROSS

1. Turn the cube over (white is now on the bottom and yellow on top)
2. You should find that there is 0, 2 or 4 pieces (of the cross) facing upward. Ignore the corners for now.  
3. The idea is firstly to get the yellow cross and secondly to turn swap pieces to the correct position in the cross.
4. Perform the algorithm below to get to the yellow cross.  Make sure your cube is orientated is shown in the image.