Inductive Reasoning: To reach a conclusion based on a pattern of specific examples or past events.
Find the next two terms in the sequence to describe the pattern
Example A: 2, 4, 6, 8,...,...
Example B: 1/3, 1/6, 1/12, 1/24, ..., ...
Example C: 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 22, ..., ...
Conjecture: a conclusion based on inductive reasoning
Example A: What is next?
Find the next 2 numbers in the sequence.
1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 16, 22, ..., ...