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Illustrative Mathematics
Find the Angle
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...
Curated OER
House and Holmes: A Guide to Deductive and Inductive Reasoning
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...
Noyce Foundation
The Shape of Things
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...
Illustrative Mathematics
Points equidistant from two points in the plane
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...
Curated OER
Same solutions?
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...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Deductive Reasoning
An explanation and description of deductive reasoning in solving problems at this site from The Math Forum. Simple and helpful information.
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Deductive and Inductive Reasoning
Part of a University of Toronto website, this page defines and describes deductive and inductive reasoning in solving mathematical problems.
University of Toronto (Canada)
Question Corner: Deductive and Inductive Reasoning
A simple discussion of the differences between inductive and deductive reasoning. Helpful to anyone who is having difficulty differentiating between the two.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Logic Definitions: Inductive & Deductive
This site explains what deductive and inductive reasoning is. The site also explains abductive reasoning.
Maths Challenge
Maths challenge.net: Painted Faces
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
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Code Breaker
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.