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Lesson 1: Unions and Intersections of Sets

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35 questions
Note from the author:
Edited from Jason Murphy's lesson to uncluding shading of two sets before moving onto three.
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Question 1
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Problem 1 Got It? Match each set. Sets may be used more than once.

  • { 2, 4}
  • {1, 2, 3, 4}
  • P = {x|x is a whole number less than 5}
  • Q = {y|y is an even natural number less than 5}
  • P Ï… Q
Question 2
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Problem 1 Got It? Reasoning: What is true about the union of two distinct sets if one set is a subset of the other?

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Question 3
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Problem 2 Got It?

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Question 4
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Problem 2 Got It?

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Question 5
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Problem 2 Got It?

Question 6
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Problem 3 Got It? Draw a Venn diagram to represent the union and intersection of the following sets.

A = {x|x is one of the first five letters in the English alphabet}
B = {x|x is a vowel}
C = {x|x is a letter in the word VEGETABLE}

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Question 7
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Problem 3 Got It?

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Question 8
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Question 9
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Question 10
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Question 11
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Question 12
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Vocabulary: Suppose A and B are nonempty sets. Which contains more elements: A ⋃ B or A ∩ B ? Explain your reasoning.

Question 13
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Compare and Contrast: How are unions and intersections of sets different?

Question 14
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True or False: If x is an element of set A and x is not an element of set B, then x is an element of A ∪ B.

Question 15
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True or False: If x is an element of set A and x is an element of set B, then x is an element of A ∩ B.

Question 16
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Complete the Venn diagram using sets A and B. A = {1, 3, 5, 7, 9} B = {2, 3, 4, 5}

Question 17
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Use Your Vocabulary: Is the set {apple, banana, cheese, milk, pear, yogurt} the union or intersection of the sets D and F below?

D = {cheese, milk, yogurt}
F = {apple, banana, pear}
M = {bread, cheese, egg}

Question 18
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Use Your Vocabulary: Is the set {cheese} the union or intersection of the sets D and M below?
D = {cheese, milk, yogurt}
F = {apple, banana, pear}
M = {bread, cheese, egg}

Question 19
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Use Your Vocabulary: Is the empty set the union or intersection of the sets F and M below?
D = {cheese, milk, yogurt}
F = {apple, banana, pear}
M = {bread, cheese, egg}

Question 20
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Shade the region indicated

Question 21
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Shade the region indicated

Question 22
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Shade the region indicated

Question 23
23.

Shade the region indicated

Question 24
24.

Identify the reasons using set symbols (use lower case n for intersect and lower case u for Union - no spaces)

Question 25
25.

Identify the reasons using set symbols (use lower case n for intersect and lower case u for Union - no spaces)

Question 26
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Identify the reasons using set symbols (use lower case n for intersect and lower case u for Union - no spaces)


MORE CHALLENGING SECTION - THREE SETS
Question 27
27.

Shade the region indicated

Question 28
28.

Shade the region indicated

Question 29
29.

Shade the region indicated

Question 30
30.

Shade the region indicated

Question 31
31.

Shade the region indicated

Question 32
32.

Shade the region indicated

Question 33
33.

Shade the region indicated

Question 34
34.

Shade the region indicated

Question 35
35.

Shade the region indicated

Check your answers here for Q27-35