Across
- 4. a statement that can be written in the form "If (hypothesis) then (conclusion)" where the truth of the hypothesis implies the truth of the conclusion
- 7. an expression of an opinion or theory without evidence or proof
- 8. this occurs when the word "not" is inserted into a simple statement
- 9. a fact or statement that is supplied and may be considered to be true
- 10. a statement formed by interchanging the hypothesis and conclusion of a conditional statement
- 11. a set of statements which build on each other logically to support the truth of a conjecture or hypothesis
- 12. a statement formed by the negation of both the hypothesis and the conclusion of a conditional statement
Down
- 1. a method of drawing conclusions by stating facts that build on one another to lead to a conclusion
- 2. an example that disproves a conditional statement
- 3. a statement formed by negating both the hypothesis and conclusion of the converse of a conditional statement
- 5. a method of drawing conclusions by inferring from a set of general facts
- 6. a method of reasoning that involves a series of statements, each of which must be true if the statement before it is true
