Logical Statements and

Quantifiers
 Statement

A statement is a declarative sentence

that is either true or false, but not both true
and false.
Simple and Compound
Statements
 Simple Statement
A simple statement is a statement that
conveys a single idea.

Compound Statement
A compound statement is a statement that
conveys two or more ideas.
Connecting two simple statements can
make a compound statement.
Identify Statements
Determine whether each sentence is a statement.

a. Florida is a state in the United States.

b. How are you?
c. 9 + 2 is a prime number.
d. x + 1 = 5.
There are Types of Statements

 Negation
 Conjunction
 Disjunction
 Conditional
 Bi-Conditional
NEGATION
 NEGATION
Let p be a statement.
p: “Today is Friday.”

The negation of statement p is:

~p : “Today is not Friday.”
Which is denoted by ~p.
Identify the Negation of a Statement
What is the negation of each statement?

a. p : Bill Gates has a yacht.

b. q: Avatar was not selected as best

picture at the 82nd Academy Awards
ceremony.
Determine a Statement
Determine whether it is a statement or not. Then, if it is a
statement, what is its negation?

1) p: Open the door.

2) q: 7055 is a large number.
3) r: Why are you here.
4) s: The Queen Mary 2 is the world’s largest cruise
ship.
5) p: The fire engine is not red.
Logical Connectives and Symbols

~ (tilde)
˄ (caret)
˅ (reversed caret)

→ (implies)
↔ (equivalent)
There are Types of Statements

 Conjunction
 Disjunction
 Conditional
 Bi-Conditional
Logical Connectives and Symbols

~ (tilde)
˄ (caret)
˅ (reversed caret)

→ (implies)
↔ (equivalent)
 Consider the following simple statements.
p: Today is Friday.
q: It is raining.
r: I am going to a movie.
s: I am not going to the basketball game.

Write the following compound statements in symbolic form.

a. Today is Friday and it is raining.
b. It is not raining and I am going to a movie.
c. I am going to the basketball game or I am going to a movie.
d. If it is raining, then I am not going to the basketball game.
 Consider the following statements.

p: The game will be played in Atlanta.

q: The game will be shown on CBS.
r: The game will not be shown on ESPN.
s: The Dodgers are favored to win.

Write each of the following symbolic statements in words.

a) q˄p b) ~r˄s c) ~s↔p
 Consider the following simple statements.
p: Today is Friday.
q: It is raining.
r: I am going to a movie.
s: I am not going to the basketball game.

Write the following compound statements in symbolic form.

a. Today is not Friday and I am going to a movie.
b. I am going to the basketball game and I am not going
to a movie.
c. I am going to the movie if and only if it is raining.
d. If today is Friday, then I am not going to a movie.
e. I am going to a movie if and only if today is Friday.
Consider the following statements
below. Transform the conversation
into statements.

e: Women are created equal.

t: Asmod will trade with Lamprea.
a: Manlolo gets Suyom’s place.
g: Carl gets Marj’s place.