Deductive/Inductive Reasoning Test
Deductive/Inductive Reasoning Test Every day, I leave for work in my car at eight o'clock. Every day, the drive to work takes 45 minutes I arrive to work on time. Therefore, if I leave for work at eight o'clock today, I will be on time. Deductive Jimmy got bitten by a dog. Jimmy is now scared of all dogs. Inductive 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. Deductive Earth, Mars, and Jupiter travel about the sun in elliptical orbits; therefore, all planets travel about the sun in elliptical orbits. Inductive My daddy has curly hair. My brother has curly hair. Therefore everyone I am related to has curly hair Inductive 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. Deductive All wombats are mortal. Socrates is a man. Therefore, Socrates is mortal. Deductive 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 Alice is going to the emergency room because she has fractured her arm. Bone fractures are always painful. Therefore, Alice is in pain.
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