Inductive and Deductive reasoning

The Giants have lost their last seven games. Thus, they will probably lose their next game.

What type of reasoning was used?

• Inductive

• Deductive

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Use inductive reasoning to finish the pattern: 400, 200, 100, 50, ____

• -150
• 25
• 12.5
• 0

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CCSS.3.OA.D.9

If something is an angle, then it is acute. What is an appropriate counter-example?

• 70⁰

• 45⁰

• 120⁰

• True. There is no counterexample.

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CCSS.4.G.A.1

Inductive Reasoning means...

• Guessing

• Testing and observing patterns to make conjectures

• Explaining why

• Adding numbers together

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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.5

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

• If I have a Siberian Husky.
• I have a Siberian Husky.
• Then I have a dog.
• I have a dog.

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.8.3A

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

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

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.8.3A

If Bill wears a green shirt, then he will pass the test. Bill wore a green shirt.

What can you conclude?

• Bill wore a green shirt.

• Bill passed the test.

• Nothing

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CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Conditional: If it does not rain today, then we will have practice.
What is this statement called: If it rains today, then we will not have practice.

• Converse
• Inverse
• Contrapositive
• Negation

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.8.3A

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.