Identify The Choice That Best Completes The Statement or Answers The Question
Identify The Choice That Best Completes The Statement or Answers The Question
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Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. Based on the pattern, what are the next two terms of the sequence?
9, 15, 21, 27, . . .
a. 33, 972 b. 39, 45 c. 162, 972 d. 33, 39
____ 2. Based on the pattern, what are the next two terms of the sequence?
5 5 5 5
5, , , , ,...
3 9 27 81
5 5 5 5
a. , c. ,
84 246 243 246
5 5 5 5
b. , d. ,
243 729 84 87
____ 3. Based on the pattern, what is the next figure in the sequence?
a. b. c. d.
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____ 4. What conjecture can you make about the fifteenth figure in this pattern?
____ 5. What conjecture can you make about the fourteenth term in the pattern A, B, A, C, A, B, A, C?
a. The fourteenth term is B. c. The fourteenth term is A.
b. The fourteenth term is C. d. There is not enough information.
____ 6. What conjecture can you make about the sum of the first 10 positive even numbers?
2 = 2 = 12
2+4 = 6 = 23
2+4+6 = 12 = 3 4
2+4+6+8 = 20 = 4 5
2 + 4 + 6 + 8 + 10 = 30 = 5 6
____ 7. What conjecture can you make about the product of 13 and 8,888,888?
13 88 = 1144
13 888 = 11,544
13 8888 = 115,544
13 88,888 = 1,155,544
a. 115,555,544 c. 1,155,555,544
b. 1,115,555,444 d. 11,155,555,444
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____ 8. Alfred is practicing typing. The first time he tested himself, he could type 23 words per minute. After
practicing for a week, he could type 26 words per minute. After two weeks he could type 29 words per
minute. Based on this pattern, predict how fast Alfred will be able to type after 4 weeks of practice.
a. 39 words per minute c. 35 words per minute
b. 29 words per minute d. 32 words per minute
____ 9. Laisha’s Internet Services designs web sites and recently began a weekly advertising campaign. Laisha
noticed an increase in her customers over a period of five consecutive weeks. Based on the pattern shown
in the graph, make a conjecture about the number of customers Laisha will have in the seventh week.
____ 13. Identify the hypothesis and conclusion of this conditional statement:
If two lines intersect at right angles, then the two lines are perpendicular.
a. Hypothesis: The two lines are perpendicular.
Conclusion: Two lines intersect at right angles.
b. Hypothesis: Two lines intersect at right angles.
Conclusion: The two lines are perpendicular.
c. Hypothesis: The two lines are not perpendicular.
Conclusion: Two lines intersect at right angles.
d. Hypothesis: Two lines intersect at right angles.
Conclusion: The two lines are not perpendicular.
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____ 14. Which choice shows a true conditional, with the hypothesis and conclusion identified correctly?
a. Yesterday was Monday if tomorrow is Thursday.
Hypothesis: Tomorrow is Thursday.
Conclusion: Yesterday was Monday.
b. If tomorrow is Thursday, then yesterday was Tuesday.
Hypothesis: Yesterday was Tuesday.
Conclusion: Tomorrow is not Thursday.
c. If tomorrow is Thursday, then yesterday was Tuesday.
Hypothesis: Yesterday was Tuesday.
Conclusion: Tomorrow is Thursday.
d. Yesterday was Tuesday if tomorrow is Thursday.
Hypothesis: Tomorrow is Thursday.
Conclusion: Yesterday was Tuesday.
____ 15. Another name for an if-then statement is a ____. Every conditional has two parts. The part following if is
the ____ , and the part following then is the ____.
a. conditional; conclusion; hypothesis c. conditional; hypothesis; conclusion
b. hypothesis; conclusion; conditional d. hypothesis; conditional; conclusion
____ 20. Which conditional has the same truth value as its converse?
a. If x = 7, then x 7.
b. If a figure is a square, then it has four sides.
c. If x – 17 = 4, then x = 21.
d. If an angle has a measure of 80, then it is acute.
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____ 21. For the following true conditional statement, write the converse. If the converse is also true, combine the
statements as a biconditional.
If x = 3, then x2 = 9.
a. If x2 = 9, then x = 3. True; x2 = 9 if and only if x = 3.
b. If x2 = 3, then x = 9. False
c. If x2 = 9, then x = 3. True; x = 3 if and only if x2 = 9.
d. If x2 = 9, then x = 3. False
____ 22. When a conditional and its converse are true, you can combine them as a true ____.
a. counterexample c. unconditional
b. biconditional d. hypothesis
____ 23. Determine whether the conditional and its converse are both true. If both are true, combine them as a
biconditional. If either is false, give a counterexample.
If an angle is a right angle, its measure is 90.
If an angle measure is 90, the angle is a right angle.
a. One statement is false. If an angle measure is 90, the angle may be a vertical angle.
b. One statement is false. If an angle is a right angle, its measure may be 180.
c. Both statements are true. An angle is a right angle if (and only if) its measure is 90.
d. Both statements are true. The measure of angle is 90 if (and only if) it is not a right
angle.
____ 24. Write the two conditional statements that make up the following biconditional.
I drink juice if (and only if) it is breakfast time.
a. I drink juice if (and only if) it is breakfast time.
It is breakfast time if (and only if) I drink juice.
b. If I drink juice, then it is breakfast time.
If it is breakfast time, then I drink juice.
c. If I drink juice, then it is breakfast time.
I drink juice only if it is breakfast time.
d. I drink juice.
It is breakfast time.
____ 25. Is the following definition of perpendicular reversible? If yes, write it as a true biconditional.
Two lines that intersect at right angles are perpendicular.
a. The statement is not reversible.
b. Yes; if two lines intersect at right angles, then they are perpendicular.
c. Yes; if two lines are perpendicular, then they intersect at right angles.
d. Yes; two lines intersect at right angles if (and only if) they are perpendicular.
____ 27. One way to show that a statement is NOT a good definition is to find a ____.
a. converse c. biconditional
b. conditional d. counterexample
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____ 28. Which statement provides a counterexample to the following faulty definition?
A square is a figure with four congruent sides.
a. A six-sided figure can have four sides congruent.
b. Some triangles have all sides congruent.
c. A square has four congruent angles.
d. A rectangle has four sides.
____ 31. If possible, use the Law of Detachment to draw a conclusion from the two given statements. If not
possible, write not possible.
Statement 1: If x = 3, then 3x – 4 = 5.
Statement 2: x = 3
a. 3x – 4 = 5 c. If 3x – 4 = 5, then x = 3.
b. x = 3 d. not possible
____ 32. Use the Law of Detachment to draw a conclusion from the two given statements.
If two angles are congruent, then they have equal measures.
P and Q are congruent.
a. mP + mQ = 90 c. P is the complement of Q.
b. mP = mQ d. mP mQ
____ 33. Use the Law of Detachment to draw a conclusion from the two given statements. If not possible, write not
possible.
I can go to the concert if I can afford to buy a ticket.
I can go to the concert.
a. I can afford to buy a ticket.
b. I cannot afford to buy the ticket.
c. If I can go to the concert, I can afford the ticket.
d. not possible
____ 34. Use the Law of Syllogism to draw a conclusion from the two given statements.
If you exercise regularly, then you have a healthy body.
If you have a healthy body, then you have more energy.
a. You have more energy.
b. If you do not have more energy, then you do not exercise regularly.
c. If you exercise regularly, then you have more energy.
d. You have a healthy body.
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____ 36. Use the Law of Syllogism to draw a conclusion from the two given statements.
If two lines intersect and form right angles, then the lines are perpendicular.
If two lines are perpendicular, then they intersect and form 90° angles.
a. The lines intersect and form 90° angles.
b. If two lines do not intersect and form 90° angles, then they do not form right angles.
c. The lines are perpendicular.
d. If two lines intersect and form right angles, then they intersect and form 90° angles.
____ 37. Use the Law of Detachment and the Law of Syllogism to draw a conclusion from the three given
statements.
If it is Friday night, then there is a football game.
If there is a football game, then Josef is wearing his school colors.
It is Friday night.
a. Josef is wearing his school colors.
b. There is a football game.
c. If it is Friday night, then Josef is wearing his school colors.
d. If it is not Friday night, then Josef is not wearing his school colors.
____ 38. Use the Law of Detachment and the Law of Syllogism to draw a conclusion from the three given
statements.
If an elephant weighs more than 2000 pounds, then it weighs more than Jill’s car.
If something weighs more than Jill’s car, then it is too heavy for the bridge.
Smiley the elephant weighs 2150 pounds.
a. Smiley is too heavy for the bridge.
b. Smiley weighs more than Jill’s car.
c. If Smiley weighs more than 2000 pounds, then Smiley is too heavy for the bridge.
d. If Smiley weighs more than Jill’s car, then Smiley is too heavy for the bridge.
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____ 40. BD bisects ABC. mABC = 7x. mABD = 3x 25. Find mDBC.
a. 50 b. 125 c. 75 d. 175
____ 41. Name the Property of Equality that justifies this statement:
If p = q, then p r q r.
a. Reflexive Property c. Symmetric Property
b. Multiplication Property d. Subtraction Property
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____ 46. Name the Property of Congruence that justifies the statement:
If XY WX , then WX XY .
a. Symmetric Property c. Reflexive Property
b. Transitive Property d. none of these
____ 47. Name the Property of Congruence that justifies this statement:
If A B and B C, then A C .
a. Transitive Property c. Reflexive Property
b. Symmetric Property d. none of these
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a. –19 b. 125 c. 19 d. 55
a. 63 b. 53 c. 159 d. 43
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a. 37 b. 143 c. 27 d. 153
____ 54. What is the converse and the truth value of the converse of the following conditional?
If an angle is a right angle, then its measure is 90.
a. If an angle is not a right angle, then its measure is 90.
False
b. If an angle is not a right angle, then its measure is not 90.
True
c. If an angle has a measure of 90, then it is a right angle.
False
d. If an angle has a measure of 90, then it is a right angle.
True
Short Answer
55. Is the following conditional true or false? If it is true, explain why. If it is false, give a counterexample.
If it is snowing in Dallas, Texas, then it is snowing in the United States.
56. Write the converse of the statement. If the converse is true, write true; if not true, provide a
counterexample.
If x = 4, then x2 = 16.
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57. Write the converse of the given true conditional and decide whether the converse is true or false. If the
converse is true, combine it with the conditional to form a true biconditional. If the converse is false, give
a counterexample.
If the probability that an event will occur is 0, then the event is impossible to occur.
58. For the given statements below, write the first statement as a conditional in if-then form. Then, if
possible, use the Law of Detachment to draw a conclusion from the two given statements. If not possible,
write not possible. Explain.
mAOC 150
4x 9 99
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AB BC AC a. ____
2x 6x 8 32 b. ____
8x 8 32 c. ____
8x 24 d. ____
x 3 e. ____
By the definition of supplementary angles, m1 m2 _____ (a) and m2 m3 _____ (b). Then
m1 m2 m2 m3 by _____ (c). Subtract m2 from each side. You get m1 _____ (d), or
1 _____ (e).
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Essay
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Other
On a number line, the points with coordinates –2 and 5 are seven units apart.
68. Write the two conditional statements that form the given biconditional. Then decide whether the
biconditional is a good definition. Explain.
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If two angles are congruent and complementary, then the measure of each is 45.
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Answer Section
MULTIPLE CHOICE
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ID: A
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SHORT ANSWER
55. ANS:
True. Dallas, Texas is a city that lies within the United States.
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ID: A
58. ANS:
If an angle is straight, then its measure is 180.
Conclusion: mZ is 180.
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ID: A
62. ANS:
a. 180
b. 180
c. Transitive Property (or Substitution Property)
d. m3
e. 3
ESSAY
63. ANS:
[4] a. Must be true. Explanations may vary. Sample: By the Law of Syllogism, “Cecil makes
his bed” implies “It is morning,” which implies “Ted listens to the radio.”
OR an equivalent explanation could use the Law of Detachment.
b. May be true. Explanations may vary. Sample: “Cecil makes his bed” implies “It is
morning.” You know that Tami brushes her teeth at 8 p.m., but you do not know
whether or not she brushes her teeth in the morning.
c. Not true. Explanations may vary. Sample: “Jeanette takes her daily swim” implies that
Jeanette swims once per day, so you know that she does not swim in the morning.
[3] two parts correct with correct explanation
[2] one part correct with correct explanation OR two parts correct with incomplete
explanations
[1] correct answers with no explanations
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ID: A
65. ANS:
[4] By the definition of complementary angles, m1 m2 90 and m2 m3 90. By
the Transitive Property of Equality (or Substitution Property),
m1 m2 m2 m3. By the Subtraction Property of Equality, m1 m3, and
1 3 by the definition of congruent angles.
OR
equivalent explanation
[3] one step missing OR one incorrect justification
[2] two steps missing OR two incorrect justifications
[1] correct steps with no explanations
OTHER
67. ANS:
a. On a number line, if points have coordinates –2 and 5, then they are seven units apart.
b. On a number line, if points are seven units apart, then they have coordinates –2 and 5.
c. The original conditional is true by the Ruler Postulate. The converse is false. The points 0 and 7 are
seven units apart, but their coordinates are not –2 and 5.
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ID: A
68. ANS:
If three points are collinear, then they are coplanar.
If three points are coplanar, then they are collinear.
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