Chapter 3 - Problem Solving

Question 1

is the process of reaching a
general conclusion by examining specific examples.

Answer 1

Inductive Reasoning

Question 2

is the process of reaching a conclusion
by applying general assumptions, procedures, or principles.

Answer 2

Deductive Reasoning

Question 3

is an arithmetic-based logic puzzle that was invented by the Japanese mathematics teacher Tetsuya Miyamoto in 2004.

Answer 3

KenKen puzzle

Question 4

KenKen® is an arithmetic-based logic puzzle that was invented by the Japanese mathematics teacher? And what year?

Answer 4

Tetsuya Miyamoto in 2004

Question 5

The noun “ken” has? as synonyms.

Answer 5

“knowledge” and
“awareness”

Question 6

KenKen puzzles are similar to?

Answer 6

Sudoku puzzles

Question 7

If you can find one case in which a statement is not true, called a?

Answer 7

counterexample

Question 8

is an ordered list of numbers. Each number in a sequence is called a term of the sequence.

Answer 8

sequence

Question 9

At the beginning of a month, you are given a pair of newborn rabbits. After a month the rabbits have produce no offspring; however, every month thereafter, the pair of rabbits produces another pair of rabbits. The offspring reproduce in exactly the same manner.

Answer 9

Fibonacci’s Rabbit Problem