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WorksheetsInductive and Deductive Reasoning
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Select inductive reasoning, deductive reasoning, or neither.
If Mary is older than Bill and Bill is older than Frank, then Mary is older than Frank.
Deductive reasoning
Inductive reasoning
neither
Select inductive reasoning, deductive reasoning, or neither.
The ceiling and wall of a room meet in a line segment
Deductive reasoning
Inductive reasoning
neither
Select inductive reasoning, deductive reasoning, or neither.
If 5 x + 7 = 12, then x = 1.
Deductive reasoning
Inductive reasoning
neither
Select inductive reasoning, deductive reasoning, or neither.
A courtroom spectator merely looks at the defendant and says, "He's guilty, I tell you."
Deductive reasoning
Inductive reasoning
neither
Reaching a conclusion by looking at several examples is called _______.
Deductive reasoning
Inductive reasoning
examination
What conclusion can be based on the given statement?y is a number such that 6 y = 12
y = 1/2
y = 72
y = 2
What conclusion can be based on the given statement?x is a number such that 7 x = 7 y
x = y
x = 1
y = 1
What conclusion can be based on the given statement?q is a whole number between 42.3 and 43.1
q = 42.1
q = 43.4
q = 43.0
p → q is false and p is true.
q is _____.
True
False
If p is a true statement and q is false, then p V q is true.
True
False
p^q is true, and p is true.
q is _____.
True
False
You ________ always prove a conclusion by inductive reasoning.
can
cannot
must
should
none of the above
Where p and q are statements, p^q is called the _________ of p and q .
conjunction
contrapositive
disjunction
Where m and n are statements m v n is called the _____ of m and n .
conjunction
contrapositive
disjunction
If p → q is true and p is true, then we know q is true.
True
False
Consider this equation: 2 x + 2 = 11 - x
Now consider the equation written as: 3 x + 2 = 11
Which of the following is the correct property of equality that justifies rewriting the equation?
subtraction
addition
division
Which of the following statements is the contrapositive of the given statement?
If dogs have fleas, they scratch all night.
If they don't scratch all night, then dogs don't have fleas.
If they scratch all night, then dogs have fleas.
If dogs don't have fleas, then they don't scratch all night.
Select inductive reasoning, deductive reasoning, or neither.
You watch an ant taste a liquid and die. Several more ants sample the liquid and they die. You conclude the liquid is an ant poison.
Deductive reasoning
Inductive reasoning
neither
