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Making Inferences

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Properties of inductive reasoning

a)

Logically false. May or may not be Realistically true

b)

Logically true. Realistically true

c)

Logically false. Realistically true

d)

Logically true. May or may not be Realistically true

2.

Properties of deductive reasoning

a)

Logically false. May or may not be Realistically true

b)

Logically true. Realistically true

c)

Logically false. Realistically true

d)

Logically true. May or may not be Realistically true

3.

Statement 1: Mango is a fruit.

Statement 2: The box is full of fruits.

Conclusion: The box is full of mangoes.

a)

Inductive reasoning

b)

Deductive reasoning

c)

Inductivity

d)

Deductivity

4.

Statement 1: All mangoes are a fruits.

Statement 2: All fruits have seeds.

Conclusion: Mangoes have seeds.

a)

Inductive reasoning

b)

Deductive reasoning

c)

Inductivity

d)

Deductivity

5.

Conjectures, like theorems, have been proven to be true.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

For a conjecture to be true, it must be true...

a)

in most cases.

b)

in all cases.

c)

on Thursday mornings.

d)

at least once.

7.

Induce the next number in the sequence. 1, -1, 2, -2, 3, ___

a)
4
b)
-4
c)
3
d)
-3
8.

How many squares are in Figure 4?

a)

10

b)

11

c)

12

d)

13

e)

14

9.
An unproven statement, based on observations is called a _________________________.
a)
Conjecture
b)
Inductive Reasoning
c)
Deductive Reasoning
d)
Conditional Statement
10.
A process that uses facts, definitions, accepted properties, and the laws of logic to form a logical argument
a)
Deductive Reasoning
b)
Inductive Reasoning
c)
Conjecture
d)
Proof
11.
The "then" part of the conditional statement is called the _________________________.
a)
Conclusion
b)
Hypothesis
c)
Conditional Statement
d)
Conjecture
12.

A top down approach means:

a)

Premises are drawn from conclusions

b)

Conclusions cannot be drawn.

c)

When you start by analyzing the top of the poem.

d)

Conclusions are drawn from premises

13.

Induction depends on _while deduction intends to obtain _.

a)

certainty, probability

b)

probabilities, certainty

c)

metaphors, similes.

d)

free verse, sonnets.

14.

What is the main difference between induction and deduction?

a)

The goal or intent: one aims to determine certainty while the other intends to produce valid arguments.

b)

One is cool, the other one is lame.

c)

They are similiar in the fact they are both useful to make inferences.