Tenth graders are in Geometry.
What is "If you are a tenth grader, then you are in Geometry."
If a number squared is 9 then the number must be 3.
What is "The number could be -3"
If the child is 5 years old, then they are in kindergarden.
What is "If a child is in kindergarden, then they are 5 years old"
two or more statements joined by the words "and" and "or"
compound statements
My dog is a yorki-poo it is small.
What is "If my dog is a yorki-poo, then it is small."
Geometry students never bring bagels in for the class on Mondays.
What is "Students may bring bagels in August 21" (NOTE: STUDENTS MUST BRING IN BAGELS TO RECEIVE CREDIT FOR THIS QUESTION)
A statement that can be written in _if__-_then__ form.
conditional statements
It is Friday we have early release.
What is "If a shape* is a line then it contains at least 2 points." *answers may vary for this
What is, "Any three points must lie on a line."
What is Points A, B, C that are not on the same line (must have a picture)
The biconditional statement: You get an A, iff, your grade is at least a 90%. Can be separated into these two conditional statements.
What is "If you get an A, then your grade is at least a 90%." and "If you get at least a 90% then you get an A."
Formed by __negating___ and ____switching________ the hypothesis and conclusion.
contrapositive
A plane contains at least 3 collinear points
What is "If a shape* is a plane, then it contains 3 collinear points." *answers may vary for this
The conjunction of the Condifional an its converse.
conditional statement
The square root of any number must be smaller than the original number.
What is " 0, or 1, or any number given between 0 and 1"
If a triangle is a right triangle, then c2+b2=c2
If a triangle satisifies c2=b2+a2, then the triangle is a right triangle
A line (et. al.) divides an angle into two congruent angles, iff, it divides the angle into two congruent angles.
If a line (et. al.) divides an angle into two smaller angles then it divides the angle into two congruent angle.
If two smaller angles sum to create a bigger angle then the adjacent side is an angle bisector.
the process of reasoning logically and drawing a conclusion from given facts and statements.
Deductive reasoning