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Sets Practice Questions

The document contains practice questions focused on sets and set operations, including descriptions of sets using set language, notation, and Venn diagrams. It covers finding unions, intersections, and differences of sets, as well as properties of operations on sets. Additionally, it includes real-life problems that apply set concepts to scenarios involving students and preferences.

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Sets Practice Questions

The document contains practice questions focused on sets and set operations, including descriptions of sets using set language, notation, and Venn diagrams. It covers finding unions, intersections, and differences of sets, as well as properties of operations on sets. Additionally, it includes real-life problems that apply set concepts to scenarios involving students and preferences.

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Practice Questions: Sets and Set Operations

Motherboard
July 15, 2025

Describe Sets Using Set Language, Set Notation, and


Venn Diagrams
1. List all elements in the following sets:

(a) A = {x : x is a letter in the word “ALGEBRA”}


(b) B = {x : x is an odd number less than 10}

2. Write the following in set-builder notation:

(a) A = {0, 2, 4, 6, 8}
(b) B = {1, 4, 9, 16, 25}

3. Define the following terms:

(a) Finite set


(b) Empty set
(c) Subset
(d) Universal set

4. Given the universal set U = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}, list the elements of:

(a) A = {x ∈ U : x is a multiple of 3}
(b) B = {x ∈ U : x is a factor of 10}

5. Draw a Venn diagram for the sets:

(a) A = {1, 2, 3, 4}, B = {3, 4, 5, 6}

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Find the Union, Intersection, and Difference of Two Sets
1. Let A = {2, 4, 6, 8}, B = {4, 6, 10}. Find:

(a) A ∪ B
(b) A ∩ B
(c) A − B
(d) B − A

2. Let X = {a, b, c, d}, Y = {c, d, e, f }. Find:

(a) X ∪ Y
(b) X ∩ Y
(c) X − Y
(d) Y − X

3. Let P = {x : x is an even number less than 12},


Q = {x : x is a multiple of 3 less than 12}. Find:

(a) P ∪ Q
(b) P ∩ Q
(c) P − Q

4. Given A = {x ∈ Z : −2 ≤ x ≤ 4},
B = {x ∈ Z : 1 ≤ x ≤ 6}. Find:

(a) A ∪ B
(b) A ∩ B
(c) A − B

Use Properties of Operations on Sets


1. Let A = {1, 3, 5}, B = {3, stock, 5}. Verify:

(a) A ∪ B = B ∪ A
(b) A ∩ B = B ∩ A

2. Let A = {2, 4}, B = {4, 6}, C = {6, 8}. Verify:

(a) A ∪ (B ∪ C) = (A ∪ B) ∪ C
(b) A ∩ (B ∩ C) = (A ∩ B) ∩ C

3. Let U = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, A = {1, 3, 5}, B = {2, 3, 6}. Find:

2
(a) Ac
(b) B c
(c) (A ∪ B)c
(d) Ac ∩ B c
(e) Verify (A ∪ B)c = Ac ∩ B c

4. Let A = {2, 4, 6}, B = {4, 6, 8}, C = {6, 8, 10}. Show:

(a) A ∩ (B ∪ C) = (A ∩ B) ∪ (A ∩ C)

Solve Real Life Problems Using Concepts of Sets


1. In a group of 40 students:

• 22 study Biology
• 18 study Chemistry
• 10 study both subjects

Find:

(a) Number who study only Biology


(b) Number who study only Chemistry
(c) Number who study either subject
(d) Number who study neither

2. A survey of 80 people showed:

• 50 like oranges
• 40 like apples
• 20 like both

Find:

(a) Number who like only oranges


(b) Number who like only apples
(c) Number who like either
(d) Number who like neither

3. In a class of 35 students:

• 21 play football
• 16 play volleyball

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• 8 play both

Find:

(a) Number who play only football


(b) Number who play neither sport
(c) Number who play at least one sport

4. In a music club of 40 people:

• 28 like jazz
• 20 like classical
• 12 like both

Find:

(a) Number who like only jazz


(b) Number who like either jazz or classical
(c) Number who like neither

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