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Set notation

1 List all the elements in the following sets:

a {x∣x is a positive even integers that are less than 16}


b {x∣x is an integer between − 8 and − 3 (not inclusive)}
c {x∣x is an odd whole number less than 13}
d {x∣x is a whole number between (and including) 3 and 7}
e {x∣x is a triangular number between 0 and 7}
f 1 1 1
{1, , ,… , }
10 100 100 000
​ ​ ​

g {2, 4, 8, … , 64}

2 Consider the following sets:


A = {1, 2, 4, 8, 16} , B = {1, 2, 4, 8}

List all the elements in:

a A or B b Both A and B

3 Consider the set A = {2, 4, 6, 8}. Construct set builder notation for A.

4 Consider the following sets:

A = {3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18} , B = {3, 9, 12, 18} , C = {9, 18} , and D = {3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21}

Determine whether the following statements is true or false:

a B⊆D b C⊆B c B⊆C d ∅⊆B

5 Write ⊆ or ⊈ to make each of the following statements true:

a {1, 7, 9} ⬚ {0, 1, 3, 7, 9} b {0, 4} ⬚ {0, 3, 4, 5, 7}


c {4, 5, 7} ⬚ {0, 3, 4, 7, 9} d {0, 1, 5} ⬚ {0, 1, 3, 7}

6 Write ∈ or ∈
/ to make each of the following statements true:

a 5 ⬚ {2, 5, 6, 9} b 11 ⬚ {4, 8, 12, 14}

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7 Consider the following sets:

A = {letters of the word ’trapezium’}


B = {letters of the word ’retire’}
C = {letters of the word ’zapped’}

a State the set of elements contained in both A and B .


b Is B a proper subset of A?
c State the set of elements contained in A or C

Operations on sets

8 Explain the meaning of the following statements:

a Complement of set A. b Union of set A and set B .


c Intersection of set A and set B . d Difference of two sets A and B .

9 P and Q are sets of vegetable types:


P = {carrots, cauliflowers, beans}; Q = {cauliflowers, potatoes}
There are no other vegetable types in universal set U .

a Is P ∪ Q the set of all vegetable types? b List the elements in the set P ∩ Q.

10 P and Q are sets of flower varieties:


P = {roses, lillies, daisies}; Q = {lillies, sunflowers}
There are no other flower varieties in universal set U .
List the elements in the following sets:

a Q′ b Q∩P c Q∪P d Q′ ∩ P

11 The sets U = {20, 8, 26, 3, 15} and V = {20, 8, 26, 3, 15, 2, 24, 10, 27} are such that there are no
other elements outside of these two sets.

a Is U a proper subset of V ? b State the cardinality of U .


c List the elements of U ′ . d List the elements of the universal set.
e Find V ′ .

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12 Consider the following sets:
A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7} , B = {1, 2, 3, 4}

If there are no elements contained outside of these sets, find:

a B′ b A′

13 Consider the following sets:


A = {people who like football} C = {people who like swimming}
B = {people who like softball} D = {people who do not like any of these}

a Describe set B ′ . b Describe set D′ .

14 Suppose set A = {3, 4, 5, 6, 7} and set B = {3, 7, 8, 9}. Find A ∩ B .

15 List the elements of A ∩ B given the following sets:

a A = {even numbers} and B = {square numbers less than 100}.


b A = {multiples of 5} and B = {positive numbers less than 50}

16 If A is the set of factors of 24, and B is the set of factors of 36, then list the elements of:

a B∪A b A∩B

17 Set A is the set of possible outcomes from rolling a standard die, and set B is the set of
possible outcomes from rolling an eight-sided die. List the elements of the following sets:

a A b B c A∩B d A∪B

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Venn diagrams

18 Consider the following Venn diagram:

a Find the set A − B .


b Find the set A − B ′ .

19 Consider the following Venn diagram:

a Find the set A′ − B .


b Find the set (A − B)′ .

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20 Consider the following Venn diagram:

a Is A a subset of B ?
b Is A a proper subset of B ?

21 Consider the following diagram:

a Find the set A ∩ C .


b Find the set (B ∩ C )′ .
c Find the set A ∩ B ∩ C .
d Find the set A ∩ (B ∪ C ).
e Find the set (A ∩ B )′ .

22 Consider the following Venn diagram:

a Is (A ∩ B)′ equal to A′ ∪ B ′ for all sets?


b Is A′ ∩ B ′ equal to A ∪ B ′ for all sets?

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23 Consider the following Venn diagram:
Find the elements in the following:

a A ∩ B′ ∩ C′ b A ∩ B ∩ C′
c A′ ∩ B ∩ C ′ d A ∩ B′ ∩ C
e A∩B∩C f A′ ∩ B ∩ C
g A′ ∩ B ′ ∩ C h A′ ∩ B ′ ∩ C ′

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