Sorting Activity
Sorting Activity
In each box you are given two statements. The first is the conditional statement, and the
second could be its converse, inverse, or contrapositive.
Cut the boxes apart and sort them into a converse group, an inverse group, and a
contrapositive group.
If two angles are supplementary, then the sum of their measures is 180.
If two angles are not supplementary, then the sum of their measures is not 180. c
If you brush your teeth, then your breath will not stink.
If your breath does not stink, then you brushed your teeth. h
Converse: ________________________________________________________
Inverse: _________________________________________________________
Contrapositive: ____________________________________________________
Converse: ________________________________________________________
Inverse: _________________________________________________________
Contrapositive: ____________________________________________________
Converse: ________________________________________________________
Inverse: _________________________________________________________
Contrapositive: ____________________________________________________
Converse: ________________________________________________________
Inverse: _________________________________________________________
Contrapositive: ____________________________________________________
Converse: ________________________________________________________
Inverse: _________________________________________________________
Contrapositive: ____________________________________________________
Answer Key to Activity
Converse – B G E H
Contrapositive – A F D K
Inverse – C I J L
Answer Key to Homework
Inverse: If you don’t like football, then you don’t like sports.
Contrapositive: If you don’t like sports, then you don’t like football.
Converse: If the angle is less than 90 degrees, then the angle is acute.
Inverse: If the angle is not acute, then the angle is not less than 90 degrees.
Contrapositive: If the angle is not less than 90 degrees, then the angle is not acute.
Converse: If you make good grades, then you did your homework
Inverse: If you do not do your homework, then you will not make good grades
Contrapositive: If you don’t make good grades, then you didn’t do your homework
Inverse: If they are not right angles, then they are not congruent.
Contrapositive: If they are not congruent, then they are not right angles.