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Topic 1: Intro to sets

Topic 2: Intro to sets

Topic 3: you complete me

Topic 4: Notation!

Topic 5: its definitive

Topic 6: Universal

Topic 7: Marrying the 2

Topic 7: Where we meet

Topic 9: the Whole Picture

Topic 10: Do it Yourself

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5th Grade Topic 1 Question

Riddle

me this, Riddle me that:

I have

many members from zero to

infinity
Each of which share a common property
My members are special and like special
names; elements, items or members
whatever I say!
Who am I?

5th Grade Topic 1 Answer

I

am a set!!!

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Topic 2 Question
A

puppy, a cat, fishes, guinea pigs or

maybe a snake nevertheless we are
subsets of the same. Children love us
and keep us.
We are a set of p______!

Topic 2 Answer
A

set of pets.

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Topic 3 Question

Mrs.
Mrs. Jensen
Jensen went
went to
to the
the grocery to pick up a few items.
Everything
Everything she needed belonged to a set of items
items that
that she
she
could
could bake a cake with!
She
She had written out a list following but the set seemed
incomplete:
incomplete: Margarine,
Margarine, sugar,
sugar, salt,
salt, vanilla
vanilla essence,
essence, and
and
baking
baking powder..
powder..
Mrs.
Mrs. Jensen
Jensen is
is forgetting
forgetting two
two elements
elements of
of the
the set
set are
are
they;
they;

(a)
(a) Mustard and Ketchup

(b)
(b) Lime
Lime and
and molasses
molasses

(c
(c ) eggs
eggs and
and flour
flour

(d)
(d) sugar
sugar and
and spice

Topic 3 Answer
(C)

Eggs and Flour

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Topic 4 Question
A

set can be written in many forms.

When one has to use symbols to
represent the words C is a set of
birds, we write:

(a) C = (birds)

(b) C = [ birds]

(c) c = < birds>

(d) C = { birds}

Topic 4 Answer

(d) C = { birds}

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Topic 5 Question
Complete the following definition as
accurately as possible:
A subset is
____________________________
____________________________
____________________________

Topic 5 Answer

A subset is a smaller set which

contains elements from the larger
set.

An empty set is part of the subset also!!!

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Topic 6 Question

A Universal set is represented

denoted by U. In a Venn Diagram, it
is represented by what?

Topic 6 Answer

A large rectangular box that

contains circles depicting subsets of
the universal set.

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Topic 7 Question
The Union of a set is denoted by U
and includes all DISTINCT members
of the collection of sets involved.
From the following Venn Diagram,
what is the union of subset 1 and
subset 2?

Topic 7 Question:
Subset 1 U Subset
2=
{______________
_______________
______________}

Topic 7 Answer
Subset

1 U Subset 2 = {Element 1,
Element 2, Element 3, Element 4,
Element 5, Element 6, Element 7,
Element 8, Element 9}
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Topic 8 Question

From the
adjacent Venn
Diagram, why
are elements 4,
5, and 6 written
in the center?

Topic 8 Answer

Elements 4, 5, and 6, are common

elements in both subset 1 and subset
2. therefore they are written in the
middle because it is the point of
intersection (where the two subsets
meet with identical elements they
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share or have in common).

Topic 9 Question
You

are required to construct a Venn

Diagram using the following
information.

U = { pirates}
pirates}

A
A = {pirates
{pirates with
with eye-patches; tom,
tom, james,
james, stubby,
stubby,
clowny,
clowny, greedy, arrrrrr}

B
B == {pirates
{pirates with earrings;
earrings; paul,
paul, whimp,
whimp, toothless,
toothless, stubby,
stubby,
arrrrrr,
arrrrrr, merdock}
merdock}

Topic 9 Answer

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Topic 10 Question
On

the template sheet provided you

are to create a Venn Diagram by
filling in the appropriate answers for
each subset as well as the
intersection.

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Million Dollar Question

Do you even dare? Topic 11

1,000,000 Question
Working

in your groups complete the

given question sheet in no more than
5 minutes.
The FIRST group to complete the
exercise ACCURATELY wins!

1,000,000 Answer
Answers

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