Quiz about Inductive/Deductive Reasoning & Mathematical Modeling QUIZ

Question 1

You see the numbers 2, 4, .... and decide the next number must be a 6

What type of reasoning was used?

Accepted Answer

Inductive

Answer

Deductive

Question 2

In the first month of school, Ian is late every Monday so he will be late next Monday too.

What type of reasoning was used?

Accepted Answer

Inductive

Answer

Deductive

Question 3

Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, Clarke has a platypus. Clarke went to clean up her platypus' nest this morning and saw a pair of eggs, so she concluded that a platypus is an oviparous animal.

What type of reasoning was used?

Accepted Answer

Deductive

Answer

Inductive

Question 4

Which is the next figure in the sequence?

Accepted Answer

C

Answer

A

Answer

B

Answer

D

Question 5

***BONUS!!! Which figure is next in the sequence?

Accepted Answer

E

Answer

D

Answer

A

Answer

C

Question 6

Use inductive reasoning to find the next figure in the sequence.

Accepted Answer

B

Answer

A

Answer

C

Answer

D

Answer

E

Question 7

AB = 3, AD = 12, what is the measure of BC?

Accepted Answer

6

Answer

3

Answer

12

Answer

2,000

Question 8

How many total conversations will happen at a dinner table of 10 people if everyone must have one conversation with each other person exactly once.

Accepted Answer

45

Answer

90

Answer

100

Question 9

How many total diagonals are there in an 8 sided figure? (*Similar but NOT the same as the handshake problem!)

Accepted Answer

20

Answer

28

Answer

3,000,000

Question 10

Two angles are supplementary. Once angle measures 145 degrees. What is the measure of the other angle?

Accepted Answer

35 degrees

Answer

45 degrees

Answer

1 billion degrees

Answer

180 degrees

Question 11

Inductive reasoning is the process of drawing conclusions from...

Accepted Answer

observations and patterns

Answer

agreed upon assumptions and proven facts

Answer

the stars

Question 12

Deductive reasoning is the process of drawing conclusions from...

Accepted Answer

agreed upon assumptions and proven facts

Answer

patterns and observations

Answer

a crystal ball

Question 13

I open 3 bags of m&m's, and observe that almost all of the m & m's in every bag are blue. I conclude that almost all of the m&m's in every bag will be blue. What will have to happen when I open the next bag of m&m's that will disprove my conjecture (what would be a "counterexample"?)

Accepted Answer

The next bag of m&m's I open will NOT be almost all blue.

Answer

I will have to eat the entire bag of m&m's.

Answer

The next bag of m&m's I open will be almost all blue also.

Inductive/Deductive Reasoning & Mathematical Modeling QUIZ

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