SIMPLE AND COMPOUND

PROPOSITIONS
OBJECTIVES
1. Define simple and
compound propositions;
2. Distinguish between simple
and compound propositions;
3. Differentiate kinds of
compound propositions.
Identify simple and compound propositions
1. Today is Monday and tomorrow is Tuesday.
2. I will pass the exam or I will be promoted.
3. If you will recite the poem, then you will pass
the oral examination.
4. Jenny is not good.
5. I am good in playing basketball.
6. Ducks can swim.
7. Two sides of a triangles are congruent if and
only if two angles opposite them are congruent.
8. George is great in painting.
9. You may avail of the 50% discount iff you are a
member of the team.
Identify simple and compound propositions
1. Today is Monday and tomorrow is Tuesday. -
compound
2. I will pass the exam or I will be promoted.
- compound
3. If you will recite the poem, then you will pass
the oral examination. - compound
4. Jenny is not good. compound
5. I am good in playing basketball. - simple
6. Ducks can swim. Simple
7. Two sides of a triangles are congruent
if and only if two angles opposite them
are congruent. compound
8. George is great in painting. simple
9. You may avail of the 50% discount iff
you are a member of the team.
compound
Simple Proposition- a proposition
that conveys one thought with no
connecting words
Compound Proposition- contains
two or more simple
propositions that are
put together using
connective words.
Kinds of Compound Propositions:
1. Conjunction – two simple propositions connected using
the word and , but.
2. Disjunction – two simple propositions that are
connected using the word or.
3. Conditional – two simple propositions that are
connected using the words if...then.
4. Biconditional – conjunction of two conditional
statements where the antecedent and consequent of the
first statement have been switched in the second
statement. if and only if or iff
5. Negation – the negation of the statement that is false
whenever the statement is true, and true whenever the
statement is false. not
Distinguish simple and compound propositions. I
compound, classify as a negation, conjunction,
disjunction, conditional, or biconditional.
1. My friend took his master’s degree in Spain.
2. Roses are red, but violets are blue.
3. Either he watches a movie or dines with his frie
4. If Mathematics is difficult, then PE is easy .
5. Her aunt’s name is not Lucia.
6. Tom can watch TV iff he finishes his homework.
GOODLUCK!!!!
2 points each 12 + 3=15
1. Simple
2. compound-conjunction
3. compound- disjunction
4.compound-conditional
5. compound-negation
6. compound-biconditional