A converse statement is a statement obtained by reversing the hypothesis and conclusion of a conditional statement. Given a conditional statement "if p, then q," the converse statement is "if q, then p". For example, the converse of "If it rains, then they cancel school" is "If they cancel school, then it rains". It is important to note that the truthfulness of a converse statement depends on the truth of the hypotheses of the conditional statement. The converse statement is one of three related statements that can be derived from a conditional statement, the other two being the inverse and the contrapositive.