Conditional Statements -Math 8

1. What are the two parts of a conditional statement?

• converse and conclusion

• hypothesis and inverse

• hypothesis and conclusion

• inverse and converse

2. 2. If the weather is nice, then I will play outside. What do you call the underlined portion in this conditional statement?

• conclusion

• converse

• hypothesis

• inverse

3. 3. If 2x - 7 = 13, then x = 8. What do you call the underlined portion of the statement?

• conclusion

• converse

• hypothesis  

• inverse

4. 4. If a point is a midpoint of a segment, then it divides the segment into two equal parts. What is the truth value of the conditional statement?

• False

• True

• Not enough information was given

• None of the above

5. 5. Which of the following statements is true?

• The conclusion of an if-then statement refers to the given information or condition.

• The conclusion of an if-then statement refers to the result of the given information or condition.

• The hypothesis of an if-then statement refers to the result of the given information or condition.

• The hypothesis of an if-then statement is the clause that follows “then”.

6. 6. Given that p is the hypothesis and q is the conclusion, then 𝑝 → 𝑞 is false when

• p is true and q is true

• p is true and q is false

• p is false and q is true

• p is false and q is false

7. 7. What letter denotes for the then-statement or conclusion of a conditional statement?

• c

• p

• q

• t

8. 8. Which of the following is NOT true about conditional statement?

• It is composed of the if-, and then-, clauses.

• It can be stated in the form of “If p then q” statement.

• It can only be false if the hypothesis is true and the conclusion is false.

• It can only be false if both the hypothesis and conclusion are false.