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Illustrative Mathematics

Find the Angle

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
This a fun problem for young geometers to play with while gaining important insight into deductive reasoning. Some will find the answers very quickly, others might take a less direct path, but all will use their knowledge of the sum of...
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Curated OER

House and Holmes: A Guide to Deductive and Inductive Reasoning

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Test your pupils' reasoning skills with several activities and a quick mystery to solve. Learners watch and analyze a few video clips that demonstrate reasoning in action, practice deduction with an interactive and collaborative...
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Noyce Foundation

The Shape of Things

For Students K - 12th Standards
Investigate the attributes of polygons. A thorough set of lessons presents problem scenarios for elementary through high school classes. The first lessons focus on basic characteristics of polygons, including the line of symmetry. As the...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Points equidistant from two points in the plane

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Young geometers apply their deductive reasoning skills and knowledge of proving triangles congruent in a task that asks them to prove if a point lies on the perpendicular bisector of a segment, then it is equidistant from the endpoints...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Same solutions?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
This activity focuses in on the structure of an equation and how it compares to another. Young algebraists are tasked with grouping together equations that have the same solution by focusing on the transformation of the equations rather...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Deductive Reasoning

For Students 6th - 8th
An explanation and description of deductive reasoning in solving problems at this site from The Math Forum. Simple and helpful information.
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University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Deductive and Inductive Reasoning

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of a University of Toronto website, this page defines and describes deductive and inductive reasoning in solving mathematical problems.
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University of Toronto (Canada)

Question Corner: Deductive and Inductive Reasoning

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A simple discussion of the differences between inductive and deductive reasoning. Helpful to anyone who is having difficulty differentiating between the two.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Logic Definitions: Inductive & Deductive

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains what deductive and inductive reasoning is. The site also explains abductive reasoning.
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Maths Challenge

Maths challenge.net: Painted Faces

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Mathchallenge offers this mathematical reasoning problem, a one star problem requiring nothing more than a logical mind and paper and pencil, to deduct the painted faces problem
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Code Breaker

For Students 3rd - 8th
Do your logic skills need sharpening? Use the interactive code breaker to at this one page website to do just that! The solution is available to double check your solution.