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MATHEMATICS 8 WW:
WEEK 8
SECOND QUARTER PT:

NAME: SCORE:
GRADE/SECTION: SUBJECT TEACHER: HANNAH JANE G. CLERIGO

LESSON 8: The Biconditional, Inverse, Converse and

Contrapositive Statements
Objectives: After going through this lesson, you will be able to make a converse statement from the
given conditional statement. The same way an inverse and a contrapositive statement can be
derived from the conditional statement.

WHAT I NEED TO KNOW

When you switch the hypothesis and conclusion of a conditional statement, you form a
converse statement.
Examples:
1. Conditional Statement: If the triangle is equilateral, then it is equiangular.
Converse: If the triangle is equiangular, then it is equilateral.
2. Conditional Statement: If a man is honest, he does not steal.
Converse: If a man does not steal, he is honest.
The conditional statement is true. An equiangular triangle is always equilateral triangle. The
converse is also true. An equilateral triangle is always equiangular. Since both conditional and
converse statements are true, you can connect the phrases by “if and only if “(iff). Thus, it forms
a biconditional statements.
Biconditional Statement: A triangle is equilateral if and only if it is equiangular. The words “if
and only if” implies that both conditional and inverse statements are true.

The second example both conditional and converse statements are true. Thus, the
biconditional statement is: A man is honest if and only if he does not steal.
Given a biconditional statement, you can split it into conditional statement and its converse.
Examples:
1. Biconditional Statement: Two angles are complementary if and only if the sum of their measure
is 90o
Conditional Statement: If two angles are complementary, then the sum of their measure is 90 o
Converse Statement: If the sum of the measures of two angles is 90 o, the they are
complementary.
Both the conditional and converse statements are true.

Aside from forming a converse statement from conditional statement, you can also form the
inverse statement. An inverse statement can be formed by negating the hypothesis and the
conclusion of the conditional statement. When you negate the converse statement, you form a
contrapositive statement.

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Example 1: A polygon with exactly 4 sides is a quadrilateral
Conditional If a polygon has exactly four sides, then it is a quadrilateral.
Inverse If a polygon does not have exactly 4 side; then it is not a quadrilateral.
Converse If a polygon is quadrilateral, then it has exactly 4 sides.
Contrapositive If a polygon is not a quadrilateral, then it does not have exactly 4 sides.

Example 2: Two line segments of equal length are congruent.

Conditional If two line segments are equal in length, then they are congruent.
Inverse If two line segments are not equal in length, then they are not.
Converse If two lines segments are congruent, then they have equal lengths.
Contrapositive If two lines segments are not congruent, then their lengths are not equal.

LEARNING TASK

TASK A. Write each sentence as: Conditional, Converse, Inverse and Contrapositive Statements.
1. A right triangle has a 90o angle.
Conditional
Inverse
Converse
Contrapositive
2. Two circle with equal diameters are congruent.
Conditional
Inverse
Converse
Contrapositive
3. Two planes with no common point are parallel.
Conditional
Inverse
Converse
Contrapositive

TASK B. Given the biconditional statement, write the conditional statement and its converse.
1. A point is the midpoint of a segment if and only if it divides the segment into two equal parts.
Conditional Statement:

Converse Statement:

2. 4 x−5=23 if and only if x=7 .

Conditional Statement:

Converse Statement:

3. The quadrilateral has four congruent sides and angles if and only if the quadrilateral is a square.
Conditional Statement:

Converse Statement: