Connections

Question 1

Formal Reasoning

Answer 1

using logic and math to come to a decision

Question 2

Deductive Reasoning

Answer 2

by drawing a conclusion from two or more known facts
Ex: All cats say meow. (premise #1)

Jackie is a cat. (premise #2)

Therefore we can deduce that Jackie says meow. (conclusion)

Question 3

Informal Reasoning

Answer 3

used to answer questions and solve problems that are difficult and don’t have a clear answer.
Complex and open-ended.
Ex: Feelings over logic

Question 4

Inductive Reasoning

Answer 4

Taking what you know from one area and applying it to another
Ex: A new drug’s link with improved health in a random sample of a population suggests it will help others in the population.

Question 5

Algorithms

Answer 5

Systematic ways of solving problems that always lead to the right answer

Question 6

Conjectures

Answer 6

tries to do math by guessing without proof

Question 7

Base 10 System invented?

Answer 7

Hindu-Arabic

Question 8

Algebra invented?

Answer 8

Arabian (Al-K)

Question 9

Created Geometry?

Answer 9

The Greeks