2.1 Inductive Reasoning

The type of reasoning where a person makes  conclusions based on observations and patterns is called...

• Inductive reasoning
• Deductive reasoning
• Conjecture
• Experiments

What is a conjecture?

• A statement believed to be true based on observations.
• An example which disproves an hypothesis.
• the performance of tricks that are seemingly magical

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Complete the conjecture.  Think of examples to help.
The product of any two odd numbers is _____________

• even
• odd
• zero
• positive

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• 1
• 15
• 20
• 12

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What are the next two numbers in this pattern?
12, 17, 22, 27, ___, ___

• 32, 37
• 30, 37
• 30, 33
• 32, 35

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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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Which of the following is true about the conditional statement below?

If a man is 7 feet tall, then he plays basketball.

• Hypothesis: a man is 7 feet tall

  Conclusion: he plays basketball

• Hypothesis: IF a man is 7 feet tall

  Conclusion: THEN he plays basketball

• Hypothesis: THEN he plays basketball

  Conclusion: IF a man is 7 feet tall

• Hypothesis: he plays basketball

  Conclusion: a man is 7 feet tall

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Which of the following is the CONVERSE of the statement below?

If an object is a bird, then it can fly.

• If an object can fly, then it is a bird.

• If an object is not a bird, then it cannot fly

• If an object cannot fly, then it is not a bird

• There is no converse of the statement

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CCSS.L.2.1F

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Which of the following is the INVERSE of the statement below?

If an object is a computer, then it

has a hard drive.

• If an object is not a computer, then it does not have a hard drive.

• If an object does not have a hard drive, then it is not a computer.

• If an object has a hard drive, then it is a computer.

• There is no inverse of the statement.

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Which of the following is the CONTRAPOSITIVE of the statement below?

If a species walks on two feet, then

it is human.

• If a species is not human, then it does not walk on two feet.

• If a species is human, then it walks on two feet.

• If a species does not walk on two feet, then it is not human.

• There is no contrapositive of the statement.

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