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What is the difference between a premise and a conclusion?
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What is the difference between a premise and a conclusion?
A premise is a statement given as evidence; the conclusion is the claim the premises are meant to support.
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What does 'all A are B' tell you about an item that is A?
The item must be B. It does not tell you that every B is an A.
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If 'if P then Q' is true and Q is false, what follows?
P is false. This is the valid reverse of the rule.
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If 'if P then Q' is true and Q is true, what follows about P?
Nothing definite: Q may be true for other reasons.
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What does 'only if' express?
A requirement: the condition is necessary, but meeting it does not guarantee the result.
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What is a hidden assumption in an argument?
An unstated idea that must be true for the evidence to support the conclusion.
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How can you weaken a cause-and-effect claim?
Show another factor that could explain the result, or that the effect happens without the cause.
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What is a generalisation flaw?
Drawing a claim about all cases from one or a few examples.
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What is the quickest way to disprove 'all swans are white'?
Find one swan that is not white.
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How do you find the rule in a number pattern?
Check the differences between terms, then check for multiplying by a constant or for squares.
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What are the first six square numbers?
1, 4, 9, 16, 25 and 36.
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What is the sum of the whole numbers from 1 to n?
n x (n + 1) / 2.
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How do you find the least common multiple of two numbers?
Break both into prime factors and take each prime to its highest power.
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What is the order of operations?
Brackets, powers, then multiplication and division, then addition and subtraction.
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How do you find the average of a set of numbers?
Add the numbers and divide by how many there are.
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How do you increase a number by 20 percent and then decrease by 20 percent?
Multiply by 1.2 then by 0.8, which gives 0.96: a 4 percent fall overall.
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What is the area of a triangle?
Half of base times height.
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What do the interior angles of a triangle add up to?
180 degrees.
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How many degrees do the interior angles of a polygon with n sides add up to?
(n - 2) x 180 degrees.
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What does the Pythagorean theorem say for a right-angled triangle?
The square of the longest side equals the sum of the squares of the two shorter sides.
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What is the circumference of a circle with radius r?
2 x pi x r.
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How do you share an amount in the ratio 3:5?
Add the parts to get 8, divide the amount by 8, then multiply by 3 and by 5.
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In a first conditional sentence, which tense follows 'if'?
The present simple, for example: 'If it rains, we will stay at home.'
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Which verb form follows 'neither of' and 'each of'?
A singular verb: 'Neither of them is late.'
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What is the difference between 'for' and 'since' with the present perfect?
'For' goes with a length of time; 'since' goes with a starting point.

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