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Free geometry worksheet to help students write conditional conclusions for syllogisms.
Free geometry worksheet to help students write conditional conclusions for syllogisms, order premises in logical chains, and explain errors in reasoning.

Activity 3.8​

Assignment 3.9

​Assignment 5.8

​Syllogisms (Law of Transitivity)

 
Objectives
Write conclusions for syllogisms.
 
Arrange in order conditional sentences to make logical chains and write conditional conclusions.
 
 
 
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Assignment 5.7

About Geometry Worksheet Assignment 5.8:             This assignment can be downloaded for free.

 

Assignment 5.8 is an introduction to syllogisms (law of transitivity)

 

Prerequisite Skill:  Identify the hypothesis and conclusion in conditional sentences (Assignment 5.6).

 

Definitions:  A syllogism is a valid argument in which the conclusion is the logical result of two premises.  

 

                           For a hypothetical syllogism, the premises are conditionals.

 

                          Conditional Premise:   If p, then q.

                          Conditional Premise:   If q, then r.

                          Conclusion:                 If p, then r.

        

 

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