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WorksheetsInductive and Deductive Reasoning
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3mins
The Giants have lost their last seven games. Thus, they will probably lose their next game.
What type of reasoning was used?
Inductive
Deductive
Using deductive reasoning, which of the following completes the statement to form a valid conclusion?
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...
Look out for the snowplows while driving to school.
The roads will be hard to drive on.
The big test will not be given today.
You should call the school to see if school is canceled.
Reasoning based on facts, definitions, accepted properties, and the laws of logic is called ____________ reasoning.
Inductive
Deductive
Refer to the following statement: "If a polygon is a quadrilateral, then it is a trapezoid."
What is a counterexample of this statement?
If a polygon is a trapezoid, then it is a quadrilateral.
If a polygon is not a trapezoid, then it is not a quadrilateral.
If a polygon is not a quadrilateral, then it is not a trapezoid.
A rectangle is also a quadrilateral.
Inductive Reasoning means...
Guessing
Explaining why
Testing and observing patterns to make conjectures
Adding numbers together
Using the statements:
If it is Friday, then I will get paid.
It is Friday.
What is the conclusion?
It is not Friday
I will not get paid
It is Friday
I will get paid
How would you describe this pattern's rule?
65, 62, 59, 56, 53, 50
Subtract 2
Subtract 4
Subtract 3
Add 3
What are the missing numbers in this pattern?
12, 15, ___, 21, ____, 27
18,23
17, 25
18, 24
17, 24
What is a conjecture?
A statement believed to be true based on observations.
the performance of tricks that are seemingly magical
An example which disproves an hypothesis.
Inductive argument is a process of making a specific conclusion based on general premises.
True
False
