Deductive/Inductive Reasoning Practice Graded A

Deductive/Inductive Reasoning Practice Graded A Inductive The Giants have lost their last seven games. Thus, they will probably lose their next game. Deductive If you brush and floss your teeth daily then you will have fewer cavities. Marie brushes and flosses her teeth daily. Thus, she will have fewer cavities. Inductive 4 out of 5 times I beat Corey at pool and I'm going to play him tomorrow. So, I'll very likely win. Inductive It has been observed that earthquakes precede the eruption of volcanoes. Thus, earthquakes cause volcanoes to erupt. Inductive Six schools in other countries that favor year-round school have higher test scores than the US in math, science, and geography. Therefore, the US should have year-round schools. Deductive All students go to school. You are a student. Therefore you go to school. Deductive All birds can fly. An ostrich is a bird. Therefore an ostrich can fly. Inductive Rufus and Rose came back from the beach with sunburns. It must have been a sunny day at the beach. Inductive Five of the twenty students surveyed like the new dance policy. Those five were from the senior class. The senior class likes the new policy. Deductive Generally, when food consumed contains more calories than needed, the excess calories are stored as fat. Many teenagers eat far more high calorie foods than their bodies need. Consequently, many teenagers are overweight. Inductive Two episodes of the Big Bang Theory made me laugh and laugh LOLOLOLOL! Therefore, The Big Bang Theory is always funny. Deductive An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Joe ate an apple every day. Dr. Dre stayed away. Deductive All even numbers are divisible by 2. 28 is even. Therefore 28 is divisible by 2 Deductive All chemists are smart, since chemists are scientists and all scientists are smart. Inductive Earth, Mars, and Jupiter travel about the sun in elliptical orbits; therefore, all planets travel about the sun in elliptical orbits. Deductive Since all squares are rectangles, and all rectangles have four sides, all squares have four sides. Deductive All dogs are mammals. All mammals have kidneys. Therefore all dogs have kidneys. Inductive Most lights in the night sky are stars. I just saw a light in the night sky. The light I saw must have been a star. Inductive The last 10 windstorms in this area has come from the north and been preceded by a cloud of dust. I can see a big cloud of dust in the distance; so, a new windstorm is probably coming from the north. Inductive The chair in the living room is red. The chair in the dining room is red. The chair in the bedroom is red. All chairs in the house are red. Deductive Cacti are plants and all plants perform photosynthesis; therefore, cacti perform photosynthesis.