Propositions
In the nursery rhyme, Jack and Jill, what do Jack and Jill go up the hill to fetch?
A pail of water
Close the door
Not
Number considered to be a "bakers dozen"
13
The converse of
p\Rightarrowq
What is
q\Rightarrow p
A line which intersects three or more lines at a distinct points is called a ____________
Concurrent
How many months of the year have 28 days?
All of them
If p and q are both propositions, is true when both p and q are true and false otherwise.
What is a conjunction
p\wedgeq
What fruit do is said to keep the doctor away? An ______ a day keeps the doctor away.
Apple
Grass is green
Proposition
What is an obtuse angle?
An angle that measures greater than 90 degrees
The contrapositive of
p\Rightarrow q
What is
\neg q\Rightarrow\neg p
Military uniforms wear the flag in which direction?
Backwards
What goes up but never down?
Your age
If p and q are propositions, is false when both p and q are false and is true otherwise.
What is a disjunction. (p \vee q)
What is the color of an emerald gemstone?
Yellow green to blue green
2 + 5 = 5
Proposition
What is a theme?
The moral/lesson of the story
The inverse of
p\Rightarrow q
What is
\neg p \Rightarrow \neg q
____ is an expression, idea, or element of work, which has become overused to the point of losing its original meaning, even to the point of being irritating
cliché
This is when two propositions have identical truth values in a truth table.
Logically Equivalent
A barrel of water weighs 20 pounds. What must you add to it to make it weigh 12 pounds?
Holes
What is the April birthstone and flower
Birthstone: Diamond
Flower: Daisy or Sweet Pea
x>2
Not a proposition
What gas is released when Volcanoes erupt?
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
______ a fictitious name used by a character or author.
Pseudonym
This is a deductive argument that contains three terms, two premises and one conclusion.
What is a syllogism?
Clara Clatter was born on December 27th, yet her birthday is always in the summer. How is this possible?
She lives in the Southern Hemisphere
Is only false when the first term is true and the second is false.
What is \Rightarrow.
What kind of trees grown from acorns?
Oak trees (Red Oak and White Oak tree)
x=x
Not a proposition
Find the mistake:
Ms. Brower went to the store to buy some milk, She wanted to bake a cake for her class. She bought milk, eggs and flour.
The comma after milk should be a period.
The contrapositive of the statement "If I take the bus, I will get to school at 8:00".
What is "If I do not get to school at 8:00, then I did not take the bus"?
A light year is what?
A unit of length equal to the distance that light travels through space in one year
This is what is written at the end of a completed formal proof of validity.
"Quod erat demonstrandum" or Q.E.D.
What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg
Is true when the original term is false.
What is \neg (negation).