P1

A study was made of 200 students to determine what TV shows they watch.
22 students don't watch these cartoons.
73 students watch only Tiny Toons.
136 students watch Tiny Toons.
14 students watch only Animaniacs and Pinky & the Brain.
31 students watch only Tiny Toons and Pinky & the Brain.
63 students watch Animaniacs.
135 students do not watch Pinky & the Brain (for some completely
incomprehensible reason).

P2
A study was made of 1000 rivers to determine what pollutants were in them.\\
177 rivers were clean
101 rivers were polluted only with crude oil
439 rivers were polluted with phosphates.
72 rivers were polluted with sulfur compound and crude oil, but not with
phosphates.
289 rivers were polluted with phosphates, but not with crude oil.
463 rivers were polluted with sulfur compounds.
137 rivers were polluted with only phosphates.

P3
200 people were asked which of these grand slam tournaments that they have
attended. The tournaments inquired about were: US Open, Wimbledon, or Australian
Open.
30 people have not attended any of these tournaments.
10 people have been to all thee tournaments.
25 people have been to Wimbledon and the Australian Open.
20 people have been to the US Open and the Australian Open but not to
Wimbledon.
65 people have been to exactly two of the tournaments.
165 people have been to the US Open or to Wimbledon.
120 people have been to Wimbledon or to the Australian Open.

P4
A study was made of 200 students to determine what TV shows they watch.
22 students hated all Star Trek shows.
73 students watch only The Next Generation (TNG).
136 students watch TNG.
14 students watch only Deep Space 9 (DS9) and Voyager (VOY).
31 students watch only TNG and VOY.
63 students watch DS9.
135 students do not watch VOY.

P5
100 people seated at different tables in a Mexican restaurant were asked if their
party had ordered any of the following items: margaritas, chili con queso, or
quesadillas
23 people had ordered none of these items.
11 people had ordered all three of these items.
29 people had ordered chili con queso or quesadillas but did not order margaritas.
41 people had ordered quesadillas.
46 people had ordered at least two of these items.
13 people had ordered margaritas and quesadillas but had not ordered chili con
queso.
26 people had ordered margaritas and chili con queso.

P6
150 people at a Van Halen concert were asked if they knew how to play piano,
drums or guitar.
18 people could play none of these instruments.
10 people could play all three of these instruments.
77 people could play drums or guitar but could not play piano.
73 people could play guitar.
49 people could play at least two of these instruments.
13 people could play piano and guitar but could not play drums.
21 people could play piano and drums.

P7
100 people were asked if they knew who any of the following are: Loki, Hermes, and
Ra.
25 people did not know any of these.
3 people knew all three.
48 people knew who Hermes or Ra were but did not know who Loki was.
40 people knew who Ra was.
21 people knew who at least two of these were.
7 people knew who Loki and Ra were but did not know who Hermes was.
8 people knew who Loki and Hermes were.

P8
200 tennis players were asked which of these strokes they considered their weakest
stroke(s): the serve, the backhand, the forehand.
20 players said none of these were their weakest stroke.
30 players said all three of these were their weakest stroke.
40 players said their serve and forehand were their weakest strokes.
40 players said that only their serve and backhand were their weakest strokes.
15 players said that their forehand but not their backhand was their weakest
stroke.
52 players said that only their backhand was their weakest stroke.
115 players said their serve was their weakest stroke.

P9
74 models were hired for the spring shows at a certain Paris design house and the
following information about their body piercing was compiled. Note: Ears count as
one piercing.
Among the models with pierced ears combined with another body piercing, half the
difference between all three parts pierced and only ears and nose pierced have only
their ears and tongue pierced.
There are 10 models who had all three parts pierced.
18 models have multiple piercings.
All but 5 models have pierced ears.
No model has pierced her nose or her tongue without piercing her ears as well, but
one pierced both her nose and her tongue without piercing her ears.

P10
There are 208 student at Irion County High School. The foreign language
department offers French, German, and Spanish.

4 students take all three languages.

48 students study French.
There are twice as many students who study both French and Spanish (but not
German) as who study both French and German (but not Spanish), and 4 times as
many as who study all 3.
124 students study Spanish.
27 poor misguided souls do not study any foreign language.
The group of students who study both French and Spanish (but not German) is
exactly the same size as the group made up of students who study both German
and Spanish.

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P11
A survey of 101 college students was taken to determine the musical styles they
liked. Of those, 41 students listened to rock, 48 to classical, and 43 to jazz. Also, 18
students listened to rock and jazz, 27 to rock and classical, and 27 to classical and
jazz. Finally, 14 students listened to all 3 musical styles. Construct a Venn diagram
and determine the cardinality for each region.

Total number of kids = 101

All 3 = 14
Rock and Jazz = 18 - 14 = 4
Rock and Classical = 27 - 14 = 13
Classical and Jazz = 27 - 14 = 13

Rock = 41 - 13 - 4 = 24
Jazz = 43 - 4 - 13 = 26
Classical = 27 - 13 - 13 =1
Listen to at least 1 Musical Style = 1 + 26 + 24 + 13 + 13 + 4 + 14 = 95
Do not listen to any = 101 - 95 = 6

Therefore,
Only rock - 24
Classical and Jazz - 13
Classical or Jazz = 13 + 1 + 26 = 40
Exactly 1 type = 1 + 26 + 24 = 51
Exactly 2 types = 13 + 13 + 4 = 30

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P12
A poll was taken of 100 students at an elementary school of how they got to school
each day. 42 said they came by car, 28 came by bike, and 31 walked. 9 said they
sometimes biked or walked, 10 said they sometimes biked or came by
car, and 6 said they sometimes walked or came by car. 4 said they sometimes
walked, biked or came by car. The students who did not walk, bike or come by car,
rode the bus every day. How many students only rode the bus?

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There's a math test. In the test there're 3 problems, Problem A, problem B, and
Problem C.

75 students solved at least one problem. From those who didn't solve Problem A,
the number of students who solved B is three times the number of students who
solved C.

The number of students who solved only Problem A is half of students who solved A
and at least one other problem. Of all students who only solved one problem, only 4
didn't solve A.

How many students solved only one problem?

How many students solved Problem A?
How many students solved Problem B and Problem C but didn't solve Problem A?

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Literature

http://www.math.tamu.edu/~kahlig/venn/venn.html
http://www.mathocean.com/2009/07/venn-diagram-word-problems.html

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