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WorksheetsTrivium 13 - Deductive Reasoning
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 18mins
What does deductive reasoning use to form its arguments?
patterns
specific cases
observed examples
facts, definitions, accepted properties, and laws of logic
If it is Friday, then I will get paid.
It is Friday.
Write the conclusion.
________, also known as logical reasoning, is the process of reasoning logically from given statements or facts to a conclusion.
Inductive Reasoning
Deductive Reasoning
Biconditional Statements
Contrapositive statements
What can you conclude from the given true statements?
If an animal is a dog, then they like biscuits.
Sammy is a dog.
Sammy is a Great Dane
Sammy likes biscuits.
Sammy is really a cat.
We can't conclude anything.
What can you conclude from the given true statements?
If you live in Orlando, then you live in Florida.
You live in Orlando.
You don't live in Florida.
You hate snow.
You live in Florida.
We can't conclude anything.
What can you conclude from the given true statements?
If I study for one hour each day, then I will score well on the exam.
I score well on the exam.
I studied for one hour each day.
I studied a lot.
I didn't study.
We can't conclude anything.
What can you conclude from the given true statements?
All trees are living things.
Narra is a tree.
Narra is a living thing
Narra is not a living thing.
Living things are Narra
We can't conclude anything.
What can you conclude from the given true statements?
Every child needs love and attention.
Jose is a child.
Jose does not need love and attention.
Jose needs love and attention.
Jose is not a child anymore.
We can't conclude anything.
What can you conclude from the given true statements?
No human can fly.
I am a human.
I can fly.
I cannot fly.
I am not a human.
We can't conclude anything.
All snaked are cold-blooded. A cobra is a snake.
Using deductive reasoning, what statement can you make based on this information?
Cold-blooded animals are snake.
A cobra is cold-blooded.
Cold-blooded animals are cobra.
We can't conclude anything.
If it is snowing heavily, then school will be canceled.
If school is canceled, the big test will not be given today.
It is snowing heavily, then...
If the sun is shining, then it is a beautiful day.
If it is a beautiful day, then we will have a picnic.
