Unit 6 Lesson 2 Conditional Statements

Question 1

conditional statement

Answer 1

a sentence that can be written in the form “If ____, then _____.”

Question 2

hypothesis

Answer 2

the portion of a conditional statement between the words if and then

Question 3

conclusion

Answer 3

the portion of a conditional statement that follows the word then

Question 4

logic

Answer 4

the science of the formal principles of reasoning

Question 5

converse

Answer 5

a statement formed by interchanging the hypothesis and conclusion of a given statement

Question 6

contrapositive

Answer 6

a statement formed by contradicting both the hypothesis and conclusion of a given statement and interchanging them

Question 7

inverse

Answer 7

a statement formed by contradicting both the hypothesis and conclusion of a given statement

Question 8

negate

Answer 8

to deny the truth of

Question 9

biconditional statement

Answer 9

a sentence that joins the hypothesis and conclusion with the phrase “if and only if”; a combination of a conditional statement and its converse