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Introduction to sets

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Let A = { days of the week }
Find n(A).

a)

4

b)

5

c)

7

2.

Let B = { months of the year that do not have the letter r }
List the elements with the use of { } in your response.

(a)  

3.

Let C = { factors of 12 }.

List all elements of C with the use of { }.

(a)  

4.

Let D = { positive integers less than 30 that are multiples of 4 }
Find n(D).

a)

6

b)

7

c)

8

5.

Let D = { positive integers less than 20 that are multiples of 4}

List all elements of D with the use of { }.

(a)  

6.

Describe J = { 1, 3, 5, 7, 9}

a)

prime numbers less than 11

b)

odd integers less than 11

c)

integers less than 10

7.

Let K = { isoclese, equilateral , right-angled, scalene}
Describe K.
K is a set of (a)   .

8.

L = { right angle, obtuse, acute, reflex}
L is a set of (a)   .

9.

M = { 4, 8, 12, 16, ..., 40 }
M is a set of ___.

a)

even numbers

b)

multiples of 4

c)

multiples of 4 that are less than 41

d)

positive even numbers less than or equal to 40

10.

If A = { 4, 6, 8, 10}
then
4 ∈ A.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

If C = { 1, 3, 4, 7, 11}
then
7 ∉ C

a)

True

b)

False

12.

If C = { 1, 3, 4, 7, 11} and
D = {0, ± 1, ± 2, ± 3, ± 4} then
n(C ) = n(D)

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Let A = {x | x ∈ ℤ, - 2 < x < 5}
and
B = {y | y ∈ ℤ, y > 0}.

Identify the finite set and state its cardinality.

a)

A and n(A) = 6

b)

A and n(A) = 8

c)

B and n(B) > 0

d)

B and n(B) is infinity.

14.

Identify all infinite sets.

a)

{a| a ∈ℕ, a is a multiple of 5}

b)

{c| c ∈ℕ, c+3 < 8}

c)

{b| b ∈ℝ, b is a factor of 28}

d)

{d | d ∈ℕ, d +2 > 3}

15.

If A = { 2, 3, 5, 7,...} then A in set builder notation is A = {a| a ∈ℤ, a is a prime number}.
Let S = { ..., -10, -5, 0, 5, 10, ...}
Write S using set builder notation.

(a)  

16.

If A = { 2, 3, 5, 7,...} then A in set builder notation is A = {a| a ∈ℤ, a is a prime number}.
Let T = { 1, 8, 27, 64, 125, ... }
Write T using set builder notation.

(a)  

17.

Write in set builder notation a set of even positive numbers.

(a)  

18.

Which is the appropriate set builder notation for W which is a set of multiple of 4

a)

{w | w = 4}

b)

{w | w = 4x, x ∈ℕ}

c)

{w | w = 4x, x ∈ℤ}

d)

{w | w = 4x, x ∈ℝ}