General Questions
An educated guess from incomplete information or a pattern is called a
conjecture
What is the next number in the pattern:
5, 12, 19, 26...
33
What is the hypothesis in the following statement:
If the students get this question wrong, then Ms. Carl will throw a desk.
If the students get this question wrong.
What is the converse of the following statement:
If I eat too much candy, then I will get sick.
If I get sick, then I ate too much candy.
An if-then statement is called a:
Conditional Statement
What is the 12th letter in the pattern:
A, B, A, C, A, B, A,C...
C
What is the conclusion in the following statement:
If the students get this question wrong, then Ms. Carl will throw a chair.
Then Ms. Carl will throw a chair.
Which law? If Kate eats breakfast, then she will drink juice. If she drinks juice, then she will not drink water.
Conclusion: If Kate eats breakfast, the she will not drink water.
syllogism
When you switch the if statement with the then statement that is called a:
Converse
What is the next number in the pattern:
10, 5, 50, 25, 250, 125...
1250
Put the following into a conditional statement:
I'm going to study for this next test so Ms. Carl will like me more.
If I study for this next test, then Ms. Carl will like me more.
What law of logic?
If points are collinear, then they are on the same line.
A, B and C are collinear.
Conclusion: A, B, and C are on the same line
Detachment
always, sometimes, or never: 2 supplementary angles are always a linear pair
false
What is the next number in the pattern:
6, -10, 4, -12, 2...
-14
Is the following statement true or false:
If tomorrow is Sunday, then yesterday was Friday.
True.
State the converse of the following statement and determine if it's true or false:
If I get sick, then I will not go to school tomorrow.
If I don't go to school tomorrow, then I will get sick.
False.