Problems on Sets

Let us Recall!
a.What are the different operations on sets?
Describe each.
b.How elements are illustrated in a Venn
Diagram
Let’s Get Started!
Draw the Venn diagram of
the given sets.
T = letters in the word Letters in
Mathematics
Vowels in English
alphabet

Mathematics
S = vowels in the English
alphabet
Venn Diagram
It is a diagram that
uses circles to
represent sets.
Universal Set

A B
Elements
Elements Elements
of both
of A only A and B of B only

neither A nor B
Among 40 U = 40
students in Buena
vista Annex, 25 B
V
students like
volleyball (V) while 20 5 15
20 like badminton
(B) . 5 of them like
both sports.
Among 55
students of G-7 U = 55
Love, 25 students
like to eat in M J
Mcdonalds (M)
while 40 like to 15 10 30
eat in Jollibee (J).
10 like to eat in
both fast food
chain.
Eight girls decided to go
Trece Martirez City to U=8
shop for shoes. Four of
the girls want the shoes
at Walter Mart (W) for W S
their cheap price, 3 girls
likes to buy pretty shoes
in SM mall (S), 2 of the
2 2 1
girls likes to check for
the shoes in SM Mall and
Walter Mart.
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Twenty-five students had
auditioned to do a dance U = 25
number in a school
program; 16 students were
chosen to dance the Cha- T
Cha (C), 12 students were
C
chosen to dance the Tango
(T), and 5 were chosen to 11 5 7
dance both Cha-Cha and
Tango. How many students
were chosen to dance the
Cha-Cha only? How many
students were not chosen?
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Universal Set

A B

Intersection
Intersection of A, B, and
of A and B C

C
 Universal Set

A Elements Elements
B
of A only of B only

Intersection
Intersection of B and C
of A and C

Elements
of C only

C
neither A nor B nor C
 Universal Set

A Elements Elements
B
of A only of B only

Intersection
Intersection of B and C
of A and C

Elements Intersection
Intersection of C only of A, B, and
of A and B C
C
neither A nor B nor C
A group of 50 students went
in a tour in Palawan U = 50
province. Out of the 50
students, 24 joined the trip C T
to Coron (C); 18 went to
Tubbataha Reef (T); 20 11 2 1
visited El Nido (E); 12 made
a trip to Coron and
10
1 5
Tubbataha Reef; 15 saw
Tubbataha Reef and El Nido;
11 made a trip to Coron and 4
El Nido and 10 saw the
three tourist spots. E 16
A survey of 100 students
showed that 19 are members U = 100
of the Drama Guild (D) and
Sports Club (S); 25 are
D S
members of the Glee club (G)
and Drama guild; 26 are 15 4 20
members of the Sports Club
and Glee Club; 44 are members 15
of the Drama guild; 56 are 10 11
members of the Glee club; 50
are members of the Sports club
and 15 of them are members of
20
all the three clubs.
G 5
Evaluation
Illustrate the problem using a Venn Diagram, then answer the
question that follows.
In a group of 120 students, 68
had ridden a bus, 78 had ridden
the LRT, 33 had ridden a jeep,
while 40 had ridden both the
bus and the LRT, 20 had ridden
the bus and the jeep,19 had
ridden the LRT and the jeep
and 15 had ridden the bus, the
LRT and the jeep.
a. How many had ridden the bus only?
b. How many had ridden the LRT
only?
c. How many had ridden the jeep
only?
d. How many did not ride on any of
the three modes of transportation?
e. How many had ridden at most 2
transportations?