Geometric Reasoning

The type of reasoning where a person makes  conclusions based on observations and patterns is called...

• Inductive reasoning
• Deductive reasoning
• Conjecture
• Experiments

Tags

CCSS.5.OA.B.3

What is a conjecture?

• A statement believed to be true based on observations.
• An example which disproves an hypothesis.
• the performance of tricks that are seemingly magical

Used to prove that a conjecture is false.

• Counterexample
• Inductive Reasoning
• Concluding statement
• Conjecture

Inductive Reasoning means...

• Guessing
• Testing and observing patterns to make conjectures
• Explaining why
• Ura nok seblu!

What does deductive reasoning use to form its arguments?

• patterns

• specific cases

• observed examples

• facts, definitions, accepted properties, and laws of logic

How would you describe the Law of Detachment symbolically?

• if p -> q is true and q is true; then p is true

• if p -> q is true and p is true; then q is true

• if p -> q and q -> r, then p -> r

How would you describe the Law of Syllogism symbolically?

• if p -> q is true and q is true, then p is true.

• if p -> q is true and p is true, then q is true.

• if p -> q is true and q -> r is true, then p -> r is true

What word(s) is associated with a conditional statement?

• and

• or

• If, then

• if and only if

Tags

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.1

A statement that can be written in the if-then form is a(n)...

• conditional statement

• converse statement

• inverse statement

• contrapositive

Exchanging the hypothesis and conclusion is the ...

• conditional

• converse

• inverse

• contrapositive