MATHEMATICS IN THE MODERN WORLD

Practice Exercise No. 1

Sets and Operations
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Directions: Write the correct answer/s as stated in the following:

1. Can the collection {𝘘, x, =, 5} be called a set? (Yes or No)

2. Are {2, 7} and {7, 2} equal sets? (Yes or No)
3. Are {2, 2, 7, 7} and {7, 2} equal sets? (Yes or No)
4. Write the set of digits <3.
5. Write the set of digits >9.
6. Write the set of whole numbers <3.
7. Write the set of whole numbers >9.
8. Write the set of whole numbers >4 and <6.
9. Write the set of whole numbers >4 and <5.
10. Write the set of whole numbers <4 and <5.
11. Write the elements of the set {2, a, 3}. _
12. Write all the elements in the set of all digits.
13. Write the cardinal number of each of the following sets:
a. {1, 1, 3, 5, 5, 5}
b. {0}
c. {a, b, q, x}
d. The set of whole numbers <8
e. ∅
14. The empty set has no elements. Therefore, the statement ∅ = { } is true.
a. The statement ∅ = {0} is not true. Explain.______________________________________________________
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b. The statement { } = {∅} is not true. Explain._____________________________________________________
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15. State which of the following sets are finite and which are infinite.
a. The set of digits.
b. The set of whole numbers
c. The set of days in a week
d. The set of books in the PUP Library
e. The set of fishes in all the seas of the earth at this instant

16. State which of the following statements are true and which are false.
a. If A={5, 11, 19} then 11∈ A.
b. If B={x, y, z, w}, then a ∉ B.
c. If C={Ann, Bill, Charles}, then Dan ∈ C.
d. 0 ∈ ∅
e. ∅ ∉ { }
17. Given the universal set U={7, 12, 15, 20, 23}:
a. Write the set of numbers <15.
b. Write the set of numbers >20.
18. Given the universal set U={5, 7, 11, 14, 20}:
a. Write the set of numbers >7 and <14.
b. Write the set of numbers <7 and <20.