INTRODUCTI

ON of SETS
 Unlocking Word Difficulty
 •
Integers { -, 0, + }
• Whole numbers { 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,…}
• Counting/Natural numbers { 1,2,3,4,5,6,…}
• Even numbers { numbers that ends in 0, 2,4,6,8}
• Odd numbers { numbers that ends in 1,3,5,7,9}
• Factors { numbers which can be divided without remainder}
• Prime numbers { numbers that only have 2 factors, 1 and itself,
ex 11,17,29}
• Composite numbers { numbers that has more than 2 factors ex,
8, 21, 64}
• Multiples { skip counting by…}
Lesson 1.2
 ring index

little
middle

SET
thumb

• Well defined collection of A Set of Fingers

 TheTHUMB, INDEX, MIDDLE, RING
different objects
• A group or collection of objects and LITTLE finger are known as the
element.

ELEMENT ()- is an individual

object or things that make up a set
How can you say if the collection of objects
is WELL DEFINED set or NOT?

Well defined set

• has an exact object of element

• Example: Days of the weeks, Months
in a year, subject in Grade 7

• Beautiful girls in school= NOT

WELL • A. set of primary colors YES

DEFINED • B. set of handsome boys in school NO

SET? • C. set of months in a year YES
Yes or No? • D. set of popular actors in school NO
• E. set of excellent singers NO
• F. set of even number YES
Can you give me
an example of a
well-defined set?
Forms of Sets
• Roster Form: (listing method)
• We list the elements of the set separated by commas and
eclosed within braces or curly brackets.
• We do not repeat an element while representing a set.
• Set Builder Form
• We represent a set using a rule or statement
• All elements of the set must follow stated rule.
• The symbol “I” stands for “such that”
• the braces {} stand for “set of all”
example
• Let us represent the set of
odd numbers between 0 and
10 in both forms.

• Roster form
• A={1 , 3, 5, 7, 9}
• Set builder form
• A={x⌠x is an odd number
between 0 and 10}
• Read as A is a set of all x such
that x is an odd number
between 0 and 10
More:
Let us represent the set of the continents in the world.

Roster form: C={Asia,Australia, Africa, Antartica, North

America, South America, Europe, Antartica}

Set Builder: C={ x⌡x is a continent of the world

More more:
• Write the given sets in the roster form.
a. P={x⌡x is a vowel in the English alphabet}
P= {a,e,I,o,u}
b. D={x⌡x is a factor of 12}
D= { 1,2,3,4,6,12}
Assignment