Quiz about Inductive Reasoning & Conditionals

Question 1

Which number is a counterexample to the following statement? :
All numbers that are divisible by 2 are divisible by 4

Accepted Answer

42

Answer

0

Answer

12

Answer

28

Question 2

Question 2.

Accepted Answer

B

Answer

A

Answer

C

Answer

D

Question 3

Used to prove that a conjecture is false.

Accepted Answer

Counterexample

Answer

Inductive Reasoning

Answer

Concluding statement

Answer

Conjecture

Question 4

Complete the conjecture. Think of examples to help.
The product of any two odd numbers is _____________

Accepted Answer

odd

Answer

even

Answer

zero

Answer

positive

Question 5

What are the missing numbers in this pattern?
23, 33, ___, 53, ___, 73

Accepted Answer

43, 63

Answer

32, 62

Answer

42, 63

Answer

42, 62

Question 6

Where would the next red square be?

Accepted Answer

top left

Answer

bottom left

Answer

top right

Answer

bottom right

Question 7

How many blocks would be in the next picture?

Accepted Answer

9

Answer

14

Answer

10

Answer

12

Question 8

Which is a counterexample of: The difference of two numbers is less than the greater number.

Accepted Answer

(2) - 0 = 2

Answer

(5) - (2) = 3

Answer

(-5) - (4) = -9

Answer

(3) - (3) = 0

Question 9

Use inductive reasoning to predict the next three numbers in the pattern.  9, 3, 1, 1/3, 1/9

Accepted Answer

1/27, 1/81, 1/243

Answer

1, 2, 3

Answer

27, 81, 243

Answer

6, 12, 15

Question 10

What comes next in the pattern?

Accepted Answer

pumpkin

Answer

acorn

Question 11

What is a conjecture?

Accepted Answer

A statement believed to be true based on observations.

Answer

An example which disproves an hypothesis.

Answer

the performance of tricks that are seemingly magical

Question 12

Find the next term in the sequence:
A, D, G, J, _____

Accepted Answer

M

Answer

L

Answer

P

Answer

K

Question 13

Which of the following statements is the converse of "If the moon is full, then the vampires are prowling."?

Accepted Answer

If the vampires are prowling, then the moon is full.

Answer

If the moon is not full, then the vampires are prowling.

Answer

If the vampires are not prowling, then the moon is not full.

Question 14

Given, "If I have a Siberian Husky, then I have a dog." Identify the conclusion.

Accepted Answer

I have a dog.

Answer

If I have a Siberian Husky.

Answer

I have a Siberian Husky.

Answer

Then I have a dog.

Question 15

Is this statement true?

Accepted Answer

False.  There are empty chairs here.

Answer

True.  Class can't happen if a chair isn't occupied.

Answer

True. Nobody sits down so we don't do work.

Answer

True.  There are no chairs here, so the hypothesis is true.

Question 16

What is the 7th number in this pattern?

Accepted Answer

-128

Answer

64

Answer

-64

Answer

256

Question 17

According to the Venn Diagram, which of the following statements is true?

Accepted Answer

Some dogs have short hair and curly hair.

Answer

No dogs have curly hair.

Answer

All dogs have short hair and curly hair.

Answer

No dogs have curly hair and short hair.

Question 18

If angle ABD = 54^o, then what is the measure of angle CBA?

Accepted Answer

126

Answer

162

Answer

63

Answer

36

Question 19

_{What is the measure of the following angle?}

Accepted Answer

21 degrees.

Answer

34 degrees.

Answer

70 degrees.

Answer

172 degrees.

Question 20

Given, "If angles are congruent, then the measures of the angles are equal." Identify the converse.

Accepted Answer

If the measures of the angles are equal, then the angles are congruent.

Answer

"If angles are not congruent, then the measures of the angles are not equal."

Answer

If the measures of the angles are not equal, then the angles are not congruent.

Answer

If the angles are not congruent, then the measure of the angles are equal.

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