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This document is a lesson on inductive reasoning. It defines inductive reasoning as reaching a conclusion based on observed patterns. Examples are given of number and shape patterns where students are asked to make conjectures about the rules governing the patterns and identify the next terms. The importance of counterexamples in testing conjectures is also discussed.

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2.1 Notes

This document is a lesson on inductive reasoning. It defines inductive reasoning as reaching a conclusion based on observed patterns. Examples are given of number and shape patterns where students are asked to make conjectures about the rules governing the patterns and identify the next terms. The importance of counterexamples in testing conjectures is also discussed.

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Please put your 
tests and 
scavenger hunt in 
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Objectives:
1. Describe patterns
2. Use inductive reasoning to find the next term in a number or picture pattern.

Draw the next 2 figures in the sequence below:

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What is inductive reasoning?


reaching a conclusion based on a pattern discovered through observation

Conjecture: an unproven statement that is based on observation

Make a conjecture about the rule for the sequence below & find the next 2 terms:
5, 10, 15, 20, __, __ You can add 5 to the last number to
get the next number in the sequence;
25, 30

Make a conjecture about the rule for the sequence below & find the next 2 terms:
1, ­1 ,  1, ­ 1  , __, __ Multiply by -1/3 to get the
3 9   27 next number in the sequence;
1/81, -1/243

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Counterexample: a specific case when the conjecture is false

The past 5 times that you have walked across your carpet barefoot and then touch the
door knob on the front door you were shocked.
a) What conclusion might you make about the next time you walk across
the floor barefoot and touch the door knob?

b) What counterexample would you need to find to disprove this


conclusion?

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Homework
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