PART I

1. Which of the following are well-defined sets?

(a) All the colors in the rainbow.
(b) All the points that lie on a straight line.
(c) All the honest members in the family.
(d) All the consonants of the English alphabet.
(e) All the tall boys of the school.
(f) All the efficient doctors of the hospital.
(g) All the hardworking teachers in a school.
(h) All the prime numbers less than 100.
(i) All the letters in the word GEOMETRY.

2. Let A = (a, b, c, d, e, f}. Insert the appropriate symbol or in the blank

space.
(a) d __ A
(b) y __ A
(c) m __ A
(d) a __ A
(e) e __ A
(f) x __ A

Worksheet on Set Theory

3. Write the following sets in the set builder form.
(a) A = {2, 4, 6, 8}
(b) B = {3, 9, 27, 81}
(c) C = {1, 4, 9, 16, 25}
(d) D = {1, 3, 5, ......}
(e) E = {4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, ......., 52}

Answers:

1. (a), (b), (d), (h), (i)

2. (a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
3. (a) {x : x is even and x 8}
(b) {x : x = 3n, n N, n 4}
(c) {x : x = n2, n 5, n N}

(d) {x : x is odd}
(e) {x : x is even, 4 x 52 and y : y = 3(2m + 1), 1 m 8}

PART II
1. State whether true or false:
(i) {5, 7, 9} = {9, 7, 5}
(ii) Sets {4, 9, 6, 2} and {6, 2, 4, 9} are not same.
(iii) Sets {0, 1, 3, 9, 4} and {4, 0, 1, 3, 9} are same.
(iv) {a, b, c, c, d} = {a, b, c}
(v) {2, 3, 3, 4, 4} = {2, 3, 4}
(vi) Sets {5, 4} and {5, 4, 4, 5} are not same.
(vii) Sets {8, 3} and {3, 3, 8} are same.
(viii) {x | x is a vowel in the word EQUATION} = {x | x is a vowel in the word
EDUCATION}
(ix) Collection of vowels used in the word ALLAHABAD forms a set.
(x) If X is the set of letters in the word ROOM; then X = {r, o, m}.
(xi) If M is the set of letters used in the word KOLKATA; then M = {k, o, l, a
t}.

2. Write the set containing:

(i) First six counting numbers
(ii) Three types of angles
(iii) Name of any three Prime Ministers of India.

(iv) Three types of triangles

(v) Last six consonants of English alphabets.
(vi) First four vowels of English alphabets.

3. Write each of the following sets in the shortest possible way:

(i) {2, 7, 7, 2, 3, 7, 8}
(ii) {10 - 5, 20 - 15, 30 - 25, 40 - 35, 37 - 32}
(iii) {2 + 8, 3 + 7, 4 + 6, 5 + 5, 6 + 4, 7 + 3}

4. (a) Write the members (elements) of each set given below:

(i) {3, 8, 5, 15, 12, 7}
(ii) {c, m, n, o, s}
(b) Write the sets whose elements are:
(i) 2, 4, 8, 16, 64 and 128
(ii) 3, 5, 15, 45, 75 and 90

5. (i) Write the set of letters used in the word GOOGLE.

(ii) Write the set of vowels used in the word BENGAL.
(iii) Write the set of consonants used in the word HONG-KONG.

Answers for the worksheet on elements of a set are given below to check the
exact answers of the above questions related to set.

Answers:

1. (i) True
(ii) False.
(iii) True.
(iv) False
(v) True
(vi) False.
(vii) True.
(viii) True
(ix) True.
(x) True.
(xi) True.

2. (i) {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
(ii) {acute-angle, right-angle, obtuse-triangle}
(iii) {Dr. Monmohan Singh, Indira Ghandhi, Atal Bihari Vajpayee}
(iv) {scalene-triangle, isosceles-triangle, equilateral-triangle}
(v) {t, v, w, x, y, z}
(vi) {a, e, i, o}

3. (i) {2, 3, 7, 8}
(ii) {5}
(iii) {10}

4. (a) (i) 3, 8, 5, 15, 12, and 7

(ii) c, m, n, o, and s
(b) (i) {2, 4, 8, 16, 64, 128}
(ii) {3, 5, 15, 45, 75, 90}

5. (i) {g, o, l, e}
(ii) {e, a}
(iii) {h, n, g, k}.

PART III
Write each of the following sets in Roster (tabular) Form and also in
Set-Builder Form:
(i) Set of all natural numbers which can divide 24 completely.
(ii) Set of odd numbers between 20 and 35.
(iii) Set of even natural numbers less than 25.
(iv) Set of letters used in the word MASSACHUSETTS.

(v) Set of names of the first five months of a year.

(vi) Set of all two digit numbers which are perfect square also.
(vii) Set of letters used in the word EDUCATION.
Set of natural numbers divisible by 7
Roster Form: {7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, 49, .}
Set-Builder Form: {x : x is a natural number divisible by 7}

Answers:

(i) Roster Form: {1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24};

Set-Builder Form: {x : x is a natural number which divides 24 completely}
(ii) Roster Form: {21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33};
Set-Builder Form: {x : x is an odd natural number between 20 and 35}.
(iii) Roster Form: {2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24};
Set-Builder Form: {x : x is an even natural number less than 25}.
(iv) Roster Form: {m, a, s, c, h, u, e, t};
Set-Builder Form: {x : x is a letter used in the word MASSACHUSETTS}.
(v) Roster Form: {January, February, March, April, May};
Set-Builder Form: {x : x is name of the first five months of a year}
(vi) Roster Form: {16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81};
Set-Builder Form: {x : x is a perfect square two digit number}
(vi) Roster Form: {e, d, u, c, a, t, i, o, n};

Set-Builder Form: {x : x is a letter used in the word EDUCATION}.

PART IV
1. If A and B are two sets such that n(A) = 15, n(B) = 21 and n(A B) 36,
find n(A B).

2. If P and Q are two sets such that P Q has 20 elements, P has 9 elements
and Q has 16 elements. How many elements does P Q have?

3. In a group of 300 people, 150 can speak French and 200 can speak
German. How many can speak both French and German?

4. If X and Y are two sets such that X has 30 elements, Y has 41 elements and
X Y has 15 elements. How many elements does X Y have?

5. If A and B are two sets such that A has 35 elements, A B has 80 elements
and AB has 10 elements, how many elements does B have?

6. In a group, 50 persons play basketball, 20 play football and 10 play both.

How many play at least one of the two games?

7. There are 600 people residing in a campus. Out of these, 340 people take
the Hindustan Times and 270 people take The Times of India. There are 70
persons who take both the papers. Find the number of persons who do not
take either of the two papers.

8. In an exam, 70 girls secured first class marks in Science or Math. Out of

these, 40 girls secured first class marks in Math and 10 girls in Science and

Math. How many girls secured first class marks in Science only?

9. In a group of 90 people, 41 like jogging, 30 like swimming and 8 like

jogging and swimming both.
Find:
(a) how many like jogging only?
(b) how many like swimming only?
(c) how many like at least one of them?
(d) how many like none of them?

10. In a group of persons, 23 like vanilla ice cream, 19 like strawberry ice
cream and 8 like both the ice creams.
Find:
(a) the number of persons in the group.
(b) the number of persons who like vanilla ice cream only.
(c) the number of persons who like strawberry ice cream only.

Answers:
1. 0
2. 5
3. 50
4. 56

5. 55
6. 60
7. 60
8. 30
9. (a) 33
(b) 22
(c) 63
(d) 27
10. (a) 34
(b) 15
(c) 11

PART V
1. Show by Venn diagrams the relationship between the following
pairs of sets:
(i) X = {letters of English alphabet upto h};
Y = {all the vowels of English alphabet}
(ii) A = {even numbers less than 10};
B = {odd numbers less than 10}
(iii) C = {multiple of 5 less than 30};
D = {multiple of 3 less than 20}

2. If:

A = Set of natural numbers,

B = Set of prime numbers and
C = Set of even prime numbers.

Draw Venn-diagram showing the relationship among the given sets A, B and C.

3. Let M = {Natural numbers between 10 and 40; each divisible by 3}

N = {Natural numbers upto 40; each divisible by 4}.
(i) Write each in roster form.
(ii) Draw a Venn-diagram showing the relationship between sets M and set N.

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(i) M = {12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36, 39}
(ii) N = {4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40}

PART VI
1. From the given Venn diagram, find the following sets:
(i) P
(ii) Q
(iii) P Q
(iv) P

(v) n(P)
(vi) n(Q)
(vii) n(P Q)
(viii) n(P

Q)

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2. From the given Venn diagram, find the following sets:

(i) A
(ii) B
(iii) A B
(iv)

A B

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Use the given Venn diagram to find the following sets:

(i) X
(ii) Y
(iii) X Y
(iv)

X Y

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4. Find the sets from the disjoint sets:

(i) P
(ii) Q
(iii) P Q
(iv)

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5. Given: X = Set of flowers,

Y = Set of red flowers and
Z = Set of flowers which bloom in winter
Write each of the following sets in words and represent them by Venn diagram
by shading the portion:
(i)
(ii)

X Y
Y Z

(iii) X

6. For each of the following Venn-diagrams, write the set P

Q:

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7.

For each of the following Venn-diagrams, write the set X

Y:

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Answers for the worksheet on union and intersection using Venn diagram are
given below to check the exact answers of the above set of questions.

Answers:

1. (i) {0, 2, 5, 10, 17, 25, 28}

(ii){0, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12}
(iii) {0, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 25, 28}
(iv) {0, 2, 10}
(v) 7
(vi) 10
(vii) 14
(viii) 3

2. (i) {4, 6, 7, 8}
(ii) {4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11}
(iii) {4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11}

(iv) {4, 6, 7, 8}

3. (i) {a, b, c, d}
(ii)

(iii) {a, b, c, d}
(iv)

4. (i) {0, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 13}

(ii) {o, x, y, z, m, n}
(iii) {0, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 13, o, x, y, z, m, n}
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5. (i) Set of red flowers:

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(ii) Set of red flowers which bloom in winter:

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(iii) Set of flowers which bloom in winter:

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6. (i) {0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9,}

(ii) {2, 3, 6, 8}
(iii) {3, 4, 5, 8}
(iv) {2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}
(v) {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}

7. (i) {3, 4}
(ii) {4, 8, 9}
(iii) { }