Conditional
Statements
Objectives:
• Recognize
conditional
statements and their
parts.
• Write statements
using if-then form.
Warm up
Determine if each statement is
true or false.
1.The measure of an obtuse angle is
less than 90°. F
2.All perfect-square numbers are
positive. T
3.Every prime number is odd. F
4.Any three points are coplanar. T
Vocabulary
conditional statement
hypothesis
conclusion
counterexample
truth value
negation
converse
inverse
contrapositive
logically equivalent statements
Conditional Statement
Examples if-then form
Rewrite the conditional statement in if-then form.
a. A car is safe for driving if it is in a good
condition.
b. Congruent segments have equal lengths.
c. A prime number has only two factors.
d. Two angles are supplementary if they are a
linear pair.
SOLUTION
Identify the hypothesis and the conclusion.
When you rewrite the statement in if-then
form, you may need to reword the hypothesis
or conclusion.
EXAMPLES
a. A car is safe for driving if it is in a good condition.
b. Congruent segments have equal lengths.
c. A prime number has only two factors.
d. Two angles are supplementary if they are a linear pair.
a. If a car is in a good condition, then it is safe
for driving.
b. If two segments are congruent, then they
have equal lengths.
c. If a number is prime, then it has only two
factors.
d. If two angles are a linear pair, then they are
supplementary.
Note
Conditional statements which
are not written in if-then form,
use the subject and the
predicate of the sentence.
Conditional may be TRUE or FALSE
GUIDED PRACTICE
Rewrite the conditional statement in if-then form.
1. All 90° angles are right angles.
ANSWER
If the measure of an angle is 90°, then it is a right
angle
2. 2x + 7 = 1, because x = –3
ANSWER
If x = –3, then 2x + 7 = 1
GUIDED PRACTICE
Rewrite the conditional statement in if-then form.
3. When n = 9, n2 = 81.
ANSWER
If n = 9, then n2 = 81.
4. Tourists at the Alamo are in Texas.
ANSWER
If tourists are at the Alamo, then they are in Texas.