2.1 - 2.3 Quiz Review (H)

Using the Law of Syllogism, 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.

Which is a valid conclusion from these statements?
If a quadrilateral is a rhombus, then it is a parallelogram.
If a quadrilateral is a parallelogram, then its opposite angles are congruent.

• Opposite angles of a quadrilateral are congruent
• Opposite angles of a rhombus are congruent
• Every quadrilateral is a rhombus
• Every parallelogram is a rhombus

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.11

(1) If you drive safely, then the life you save may be your own.
(2) AJ drives safely.
(3)  The life AJ saves may be his own.
Is statement (3) logical given the Law of Detachment, Syllogism, Contrapositive, or is it invalid?

• Law of Detachment
• Law of Syllogism
• Law of Contrapositive
• invalid

Write the if-then statement that follows from the pair of true statements. If the sun is shining, then it is a beautiful day.  If it is a beautiful day, then we will have a picnic.

• If the sun is shining, then it is a beautiful day.
• If it is a beautiful day, then the sun is shining.
• If the sun is shining, then we will go on a picnic.
• If we go on a picnic, then the sun is shining.

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

• L
• M
• P
• K

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

Used to prove that a conjecture is false.

• Counterexample
• Inductive Reasoning
• Concluding statement
• Conjecture

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

• 0
• 12
• 28
• 42

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CCSS.4.OA.B.4

Underline the hypothesis and italicize the conclusion in each statement.

• If your dog eats Purina, then he’ll stay happy and healthy.

• If your dog eats Purina, then he’ll stay happy and healthy.

• If your dog eats Purina, then he’ll stay happy and healthy.

• If your dog eats Purina, then he’ll stay happy and healthy.

Refer to the following statement: "If a polygon is a quadrilateral, then it is a trapezoid."

What is the converse of this statement?

• If a polygon is not a quadrilateral, then it is not a trapezoid.

• If a polygon is not a trapezoid, then it is not a quadrilateral.

• If a polygon is a trapezoid, then it is a quadrilateral.

• A rectangle is also a quadrilateral.

Refer to the following statement: "If a polygon is a quadrilateral, then it is a trapezoid."

What is the inverse of this statement?

• If the polygon is not a quadrilateral, then it is not a trapezoid.

• If the polygon is not a trapezoid, then it is not a quadrilateral.

• If the polygon is a trapezoid, then it is a quadrilateral.

• A rectangle is also a quadrilateral.

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CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1