Final Quiz: Deductive & Inductive Arguments

Premise: All rhombuses have perpendicular diagonals.

Determine the type of premise/statement.

• General statement

• Specific statement

• Not a statement

Premise 1: The chairs in the living room are red.

Premise 2: The chairs in the study room are red.

Determine the type of argument.

• Inductive argument

• Deductive argument

Premise 1: The sum of digits in 18 is divisible by 9.

Premise 2: The sum of digits in 27 is divisible by 9.

Conclusion: The sum of digits in multiples of 9 is divisible by 9.

Determine the type of argument.

• Deductive argument

• Inductive argument

• Not an argument

Premise 1: All the pupils in 4 Cempaka use digital textbooks.

Premise 2: [BLANK]

Conclusion: Dominic uses digital textbooks.

Fill in the blank.

• Dominic is a pupil in 4 Campaka

• Domimic is a pupil in 4 Cempaka

• Dominic is a pupil in 4 Cempaka

• Dominic is not a pupil in 4 Cempaka

• Dominic is a pupil in 5 Cempaka

Premise 1: All prime numbers have only two factors.

Premise 2: [BLANK]

Conclusion: 37 has only two factors.

Fill in the blank.

Premise 1: If a≠0, then axⁿ+bx+c is a quadratic expression.

Premise 2: a≠0.

Conclusion: axⁿ+bx+c is a quadratic expression.

Determine validity and soundness of the argument above.

• Valid and sound

• Valid but not sound

• Invalid but sound

• Invalid and not sound

Premise 1: If k is an even number, then k+3 is an odd number.

Premise 2: 522+3 is an odd number.

Conclusion: 522 is an even number.

Determine validity and soundness of the argument above.

• Valid and sound

• Valid but not sound

• Invalid but sound

• Invalid and not sound