Deductive & Inductive Reasoning

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Mathematics
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9th - 12th Grade
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Lisa Samuelson-Jones
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Your little brother has chocolate sauce on his face. You conclude he must have eaten chocolate sauce.
inductive
deductive
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.9-10.1
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
You kick your cat, and every time you do, it scratches you. You conclude that if you kick your cat you will get scratched.
inductive
deductive
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
You add up the interior angles of 100 triangles and every time you get a sum of 180 degrees. After your hand uncramps you conclude that all triangles must have an interior angle sum of 180 degrees.
inductive
deductive
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
You take 3 things and add them to 5 more things and count that you have 8 things. You repeat this several times and conclude that 3 + 5 = 8.
inductive
deductive
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
You know that if lines are parallel then alternate interior angles are congruent. Your lines are parallel, so you conclude that your alternate interior angles are congruent.
inductive
deductive
Tags
CCSS.4.G.A.1
CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The pen you had in your backpack is missing. You see your friend using a pen that looks like it. You conclude that your friend stole your pen, and you will be mad at him until lunch.
inductive
deductive
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The area of a parallelogram is bh. The base is 12 and the area is 24. You conclude that the height is 2.
inductive
deductive
Tags
CCSS.6.G.A.1
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