COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
FOUNDATION PROGRAMME
MATHEMATICS - TUTORIAL QUESTIONS 12/04/17
SETS AND VENN DIAGRAMS
1. State whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE
a)
b)
c) Let E ; be any set. Then
(i)
(ii) E
d) If A,B,C are sets such that
e)
2. In a class of 40 students, 11 are intelligent, 15 are hard-working, and 17 are neither hard-
working nor intelligent.
a) How many are intelligent or hardworking?
b) A student will pass if and only if the student is intelligent and hard-working. How
many will fail?
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3. In the figure below, the shaded region represents
a)
b)
c)
d)
e) None of the above
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4. If A, B, are sets, the difference set A-B is defined by the set of
elements of A which are not in B
Using the diagram above, state which areas represent the following sets:
a)
b)
c)
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