4.2 Deductive Reasoning: Enabling Activity:Collaboration
4.2 Deductive Reasoning: Enabling Activity:Collaboration
4.2 Deductive Reasoning: Enabling Activity:Collaboration
2 Deductive reasoning
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
In this lesson, you will be able to:
understand deductive reasoning;
utilize deductive reasoning in solving problems; and
show commitment in solving problems.
Enabling Activity:Collaboration
Instruction: The title of this activity is “Picture this”. With a partner, discuss the events that led to the time
before the picture was taken.
Discussion: (20min)
Mathematical reasoning can sometimes lead observers to make impractical decisions. If the event
happened already, what evidences can be made to justify the event? Information that have already been
verified are important to prove the validity of reasoning. This is the reason conjectures can be transformed
into generalized principles.
Deductive reasoning is a process of making specific and truthful conclusions based on general principles.
The following are examples of deductive reasoning:
1. All members of the club use the club’s pool. Deanna is a member of the club. Therefore, Deanna can
use the club’s pool.
2. All numbers are divisible by 3 if the sum of the digits is divisible by 3. Consider 339. The sum of 3, 3 and
9 is 15. Therefore 339 is divisible by 3.
Main Task 1:
Title: Deductive reasoning
Time: 10 minutes
General direction: Answer
Material: Hand-outs
1. In order to get a student driver’s license, a person must be 16 years old. Rowena will be 16 years old in
two days.
Conclusion: ___________________________________________________________
2. Employees have a “wash” day every Friday to allow them to wash their office clothes. Today is Friday.
Conclusion: ___________________________________________________________
1. 3 x+ 8 ( x −1 )=47
1
2. ( x+ 2 )=5( x +2)
2
3. −2 x−1≤−9
Reinforcement:
Title: Solving
Time: 10 minutes
General direction: Answer
Material: Hand-outs
1
2. ( y−3 )=2( y +5)
2
3. −3 x−5 ≤−6
SUMMARY:
Deductive reasoning is a process of making specific and truthful conclusions based on general
principles.
REFERENCE:
Textbook:
Manlulu and Hipolito (2019) Mathematics in the Modern World. Published and Distributed by
REX Book Store: 856 Nicanor Reyes, Manila