Question

Which is a counterexample of the following conditional statement:

"If a number is divisible by 4, then it is divisible by 8."

8
20
24
27

Answer 1

Did you select a choice?

Answer 2

am i right with C?

Answer 3

What is your reasoning for choosing C? The question says to find a *counterexample* to the given statement.

Answer 4

In other words, which of the options would serve to make the given statement false?

Answer 5

wait actually D

Answer 6

cz that wouldnt make sense

Answer 7

The given statement is an if, then statement.

Answer 8

Which means the entire statement can be broken into two parts:

1. the IF part
2. the THEN part

Answer 9

So in other words, here's what you have to do:

1. IF a number is divisible by 4 .... (find a number amongst the choices divisible by 4)
2. THEN it is divisible by 8 ... (the number you chose should not be divisible by 8)

In other words, find a number divisible by four, but not divisible by eight.

Answer 10

A number divisible by four, but NOT divisible by eight is the counterexample to the given statement.

Answer 11

ohhh 20

Answer 12

wow i understand it much better now

Answer 13

Exactly

Answer 14

thanks man