Learning objective:

Topic: Sets 1.To describe set and set notation.

2. To understand different types of sets.
3. To list the elements for different
operations of sets.
List of keywords:
Set
Elements
Belongs to
Doesn’t belongs to
Empty set
Universal set 5/20/22

Union
Intersection
Subset
 Success criteria

I can describe set and set notation.

I can understand different types of

sets.

I can list the elements for different

operations of sets.
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 STARTER

What are the factors of 24?

What are the prime numbers less than 20
What are the prime factors of 70?
What are the integer values that satisfy the following
inequalities?
a 2≤x≤8
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Venn Diagrams
Starter:
Take a look at these shapes, complete the diagram below.

Circle Green

4 3 3

2
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C Sets
A set is a collection of items

Items are listed or described inside curly brackets { }

You should not use dots {2, 4, 6, 8...}

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C Sets
List the first six even numbers, and call this ‘A’
A = {2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12}
List the set of the first five positive integers, and call this ‘B’
B = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
 to mean ‘is an element of’
2A
The symbol is used to mean ‘is not an element of’

3B
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C Sets
The elements 2 and 4 are in both set A and set B. We call this the
intersection of A and B

A  B = {2, 4}
The elements that are in either A or B (or both) are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
8, 10 and 12. We call this the union of A and B.
A  B = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12}
the ‘empty set’ as the set with no elements.
 OR { }
If we are only looking at particular possible elements in a
particular situation, we call this the universal set


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C Sets
Complement, is an element of the universal set not in A

A’= {1, 3, 5}

If all the elements of X are in set Y, we say X is a subset of Y

e.g. C {factors of 4} = {1, 2, 4}

CB {1, 2, 4}  B {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}

n (A) the number of elements in set A

e.g. n(C) = 3
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C Sets Task-1
I = {the letters in the word India}
E = {the letters in the word Europe}
A= {the letters in the word America}

1. Suggest the universal set for I, E, and A

2. List the elements of:

a) I  E b) I  A c) A  E

3. How many elements are there in:

a) E  I b) E  A c) I  A
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Venn Diagrams
Definitions:
A B The intersection is where two sets overlap.
A B
This means A and B.

A B If you put two sets together, you get the union.

A B
This means A or B.

A B The complement of A is the region that is not A.

A'
This means not A.
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Example 1: Venn Diagrams
S B Mrs Smith asks 24 pupils in her class about their
families. She sorts them into:
S - {has sisters}
7 5 8 B - {has brothers}
She showed her results on a Venn diagram
4

1 Describe the blue region in words. Has a sister but not a brother.

Doesn’t have a sister or doesn’t

2 Describe the region inSwords.
' B ' have a brother.

This means not a sister. Numbers

3 How many students are in S’. not in blue. 12 pupils

5
4 Work out: pS  B  Sister and Brother: 
24
8 1
5 Work out: pS ' B  No Sister and Brother:  
24 3
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Exercise 2: Venn Diagrams
O T Using numbers from 1 to 10, complete this Venn
diagram.

3 2 1 O – {odd numbers}
T – {Multiples of three}
4

Shade in the region a multiple of three but

1
not a odd number.

2 Describe the region inO T

words. Odd number or a multiple of 3.

This means not odd.

3 How many numbers are in O’. 5 numbers

2 1
4 Work out: pO  T  Odd and Multiple of 3:  
10 5
3
5 Work out: pO  T ' Odd and not a multiple of 3: 
10
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B Task-2
List the elements of the following sets:
a AB
b CB
c C’
d ABC
e (A  B)’
f (A  B)  C
STRETCH AND CHALLENGE

In a group of 30 people, 20 people have visited country

A and 14 have visited country B (you could put your own
choice of countries here. Which of these Venn diagrams
could illustrate the situation?
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