De Castro, Kenn Elijah D.
MT1A
QUIZ for Module 5 Lesson A
(UPLOADED IN CANVAS AS MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS) (GIVEN 30
minutes to answer and questions locked after answering)
Read the following arguments and determine whether they use inductive or
deductive reasoning:
1. Since today is Friday, tomorrow will be Saturday. Deductive
2. Since it snowed every New Year's Day for the past four years it will snow on
New Year's Day this year. Inductive
3. A child examines ten tulips, all of which are red, and concludes that all tulips
must be red. Inductive
4. If an isosceles triangle has at least two sides congruent, then an equilateral
triangle is also isosceles.
5. Sandy earned A's on her first six geometry tests so she concludes that she
will always earn A's on geometry tests. Inductive
6. If 5x = 25, then x =5. Deductive
7. During the past ten years, a tree has produced plums every other year. Last
year, the tree did not produce plums, so this year the tree will produce plum.
Inductive
8. All home improvements cost more than the estimate. The contractor
estimated that my home improvement will cost 120,000 pesos. Thus my
home improvement will cost more than 120,000 pesos. Deductive
9. All cars have at least two doors. A Ford Focus is a car, so the Ford Focus has
two doors. Deductive
10. Since all humans are mortal and I am human then I am mortal. Deductive
C. Give the next two terms using the difference methods
1. 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81
2. 1, 5, 12, 22, 35, 51, 70, 92