Inductive and Deductive Reasoning

Using the statements:
If it is Friday, then I will get paid.
It is Friday.
What is the conclusion?

• It is not Friday
• It is Friday
• I will not get paid
• I will get paid

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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.3

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.6

Using deductive reasoning, which of the following completes the statement to form a valid conclusion?
If it is snowing heavily, then school will be canceled.
If school is canceled, the big test will not be given today.
It is snowing heavily, then...

• Look out for the snowplows while driving to school.
• The big test will not be given today.
• The roads will be hard to drive on.
• You should call the school to see if school is canceled.

What is the correct outcome based on the statement?
A dog with proper training will not misbehave.

• If a dog has proper training, then it will not misbehave.
• If a dog does not behave, then it had proper training.

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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.3

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.6

Inductive Reasoning means...

• Guessing
• Testing and observing patterns to make conjectures
• Explaining why
• Ura nok seblu!

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

Deductive reasoning means...

• Guessing
• Ura nok seblu!
• Testing and observing patterns to make conjectures
• Making general observations of situations and applying them to specific situations.

IF 3...6...9...12...
AND 24...27...30...?
THEN the next term is going to be 33

• Inductive
• Deductive

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CCSS.5.OA.B.3

IF All even numbers are divisible by 2
AND 28 is even
THEN 28 is divisible by 2

• Inductive
• Deductive

How many cubes would be in the 10th figure?

• 18
• 16
• 17
• 41

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

Where would the next red square be?

• bottom left
• top right
• top left
• bottom right

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CCSS.4.G.A.3

What are the missing numbers in this pattern?
12, 15, ___, 21, ____, 27

• 18,23
• 18, 24
• 17, 25
• 17, 24

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CCSS.2.NBT.A.2