Geometry Chapter 2 Vocabulary - Conditional Statements

A statement that can be written in if-then form.

• conditional statement

• conclusion

• truth value

• biconditional

The part of a conditional statement that follows the word if.

• hypothesis

• conclusion

• converse

• conjecture

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The part of a conditional statement that follows the word then.

• hypothesis

• conclusion

• counterexample

• negation

Whether a statement is true or false.

• inverse

• equivalent statement

• truth value

• conjecture

The opposite of a statement.

• converse

• negation

• deductive reasoning

• counterexample

Formed by swapping the hypothesis and conclusion of a conditional statement.

• converse

• inverse

• contrapositive

• biconditional

Formed by negating the hypothesis and conclusion of a conditional statement.

• converse

• inverse

• contrapositive

• biconditional

Formed by swapping and negating the hypothesis and conclusion of a conditional statement.

• converse

• inverse

• contrapositive

• biconditional

Formed by inserting the words "if and only if" between the hypothesis and conclusion when a conditional and its converse are both true.

• converse

• inverse

• contrapositive

• biconditional

Statements that have the same truth value.

• equivalent statements

• conjectures

• counterexamples

• conditional statements