MATH MW

VENN DIAGRAM /COUNTING PRINCIPLES

1. ONE HUNDRED FIFTY college were interviewed

85 were registered for Math
70 were registered for an English class
52 were registered for both Math and English
a. How many signed up only for math class? 33
b. How many signed up only for English class? 18
c. How many signed up for math or English? 1
d. How many signed up neither math nor English?
2. One hundred students were interviewed
28 took PE, 31 took BIO and 42 took ENGLISH
9 took PE and English, 10 took PE and BIO, 6 Bio and English and 4 took all these subjects
a. How many students took none of the three subject
b. How many took PE but not Bio or English?
c. How many students took Bio and PE but not English?
3. In a class of 50 student :
23 students speak Spanish, 25 students speak French and 20 students speak Italian
7 students French and Spanish, 9 students French and Italian & 11 speak Spanish and Italian and
4 students speak neither of the three languages.
How many student s speak Spanish, Italian and French?
4. In a survey of 60 people, it was found that 25 read NEWSWEEK magazine, 26 read TIME. 26 read
FORTUNE. Also 9 read both NEWSWEEK and FORTUNE, 11 read NEWSWEEK and TIME, 8 read
both TIME and FORTUNE and 8 read no magazine at all.
a. Find the number of people who read all three magazine
b. Fill in the correct number of people in each of the 8 regions.
c. Determine the number of people who read exactly one magazine
5. Suppose that 100 of the 120 mathematics students at a college take at least one of the
languages French, German and Russian. Also suppose

65 study French 20 study French and German

45 study German 25 study French and Russian
42 study Russian 15 study German and Russian
a. Find the number of students who study all three languages
b. Fill in the correct numbers of students in each of the eight regions
c. Determine the number of students who study exactly one languages
d. Determine the number of students who study exactly two languages
6. A group of 82 students were surveyed and it was found that each of the students surveyed liked
at least one of the following three fruits apricot, banana and papaya.
39 liked apricots, 50 liked bananas and 39 liked papayas,
21 liked apricots and bananas, 18 liked bananas and papayas, and 19 liked apricots and papayas
22 liked exactly two of the following fruits; apricots, bananas and papayas
Questions:
1. How many students liked apricots but not bananas or papayas?
2. How many students liked papayas but not bananas or apricots?
3. How many students liked all of the following three fruits apricot, banana and papaya?
4. How many students liked apricot and papaya but not banana?
7. Three hundred seventy students took Astronomy, Biology and Chemistry.
120 of these students took Astronomy but not Biology
130 of these students took Biology but not Chemistry
120 of these students took Chemistry but not Astronomy
How many students took all three of the following subjects: Astronomy, Biology and Chemistry?