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ALL BIRDS ARE LITTLE COUNTEREXAMPLES ARE EXAMPLES THAT BUST A HOLE IN AN ARGUMENT. STATEMENT NOT BIG BIRD, THO COUNTEREXAMPLE "HATE-MENT" COUNTEREXAMPLES ARE EXAMPLES THAT BUST A HOLE IN AN ARGUMENT. STATEMENT ALL CHEESE TASTES GOOD NOT CHUCK E. CHEESE, HE TASTE LIKE A RAT! COUNTEREXAMPLE "HATE-MENT" ALL BALLS ARE ROUND COUNTEREXAMPLES ARE EXAMPLES THAT BUST A HOLE IN AN ARGUMENT. STATEMENT OH YEAH, WHAT ABOUT A FOOTBALL! COUNTEREXAMPLE "HATE-MENT" The number is -2 The number is 1 The number is 4 The number is 7.2 Click the Counterexample of the statement below: If a number is multiplied by itself, the result is a greater number BTW, (-2)(-2)= +4 The result (4) IS greater than -2 Click the Counterexample of the statement below: If a number is multiplied by itself, the result is a greater number The counterexample is 1 1 x 1 = 1 The result (1) is NOT greater than the original # (also 1) The number is -2 The number is 1 The number is 4 The number is 7.2 Click the Counterexample of the statement below: If a number is doubled (multiplied by 2) the result is a greater number Phillies Yankees Red Sox Click the Counterexample of the statement below: New York does not have a major league baseball team The number is 1 The number is 2 The number is 4 The number is 5 Click the Counterexample of the statement below: All Prime numbers (numbers with exactly 2 factors) are ODD Strategy: Answer: Click the Counterexample of the statement below: All Prime numbers (numbers with exactly 2 factors) are ODD That number is 2. Find a Prime number that is NOT ODD (an even one) to bust up this argument. The number is 4 The number is 7 The number is 9 The number is 100 Click the Counterexample of the statement below: All perfect squares (the product of a number times itself) are even numbers. The number is 18 The number is 6.4 The number is 1 The number is 0 Click the Counterexample of the statement below: Half of a number results in a smaller number The number is ¾ The number is 3 The number is 4 The number is 7/2 Click the Counterexample of the statement below: There are no real numbers between 3 and 4 Examples that DESTROY an argument are called supporting evidence counterexamples destroyers of the universe |