Rule on each conclusion

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   All cats are mammals and all mammals are animals, so all cats are animals.

2. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   All roses are flowers and some flowers are red, so some roses are red.

3. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   Some books are pens and no pen is paper, so some books are not paper.

4. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   All children love sweets and some adults love sweets, so some adults are children.

5. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   Rain would cancel the match and the match was held, so it did not rain.

Instructions

Tap true when the conclusion really follows from the statements, false when it does not.

Explanation