Deductive Reasoning

All students go to school. You are a student. Therefore you go to school.

What type of reasoning was used?

• Inductive

• Deductive

You have two apples and two oranges. You then have a total of four fruits.

What type of reasoning is used?

• Inductive

• Deductive

What type of reasoning was used?

• Inductive

• Deductive

Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, Clarke has a platypus. Clarke went to clean up her platypus' nest this morning and saw a pair of eggs, so she concluded that a platypus is an oviparous animal. What type of reasoning was used?

• Deductive

• Inductive

Begins with a premise that is generally accepted as fact. The arguer leads from one premise to another premise until reaching a conclusion (claim). “If X is true and Y is true, then Z must also be true.”

• Deductive Reasoning

  
  

• Inductive Reasoning

  
  

• Author's Appeal

  
  

• Abductive Reasoning

  
  

What is deductive reasoning?

• Reasoning from specific cases to general principles

• Reasoning from general principles to specific cases

• Reasoning based on assumptions

• Reasoning based on emotions

Answer explanation

Deductive reasoning involves starting with general principles and applying them to specific cases. This contrasts with inductive reasoning, which moves from specific instances to broader generalizations.

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DOK Level 1: Recall

Ms. Juana's birthday is on December 24th which means she was born in during a holiday.

What type of reasoning was used?

• Inductive

• Deductive

If you brush and floss your teeth daily then you will have fewer cavities. Marie brushes and flosses her teeth daily. Thus, she will have fewer cavities.

• Inductive Reasoning

• Deductive Reasoning

All students go to school. You are a student. Therefore you go to school.

• Inductive Reasoning

• Deductive Reasoning

To graduate from school, a student must earn twenty credits. Sal will graduate next month. Therefore, Sal must have earned twenty credits.

• Inductive Reasoning

• Deductive Reasoning