HOPE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Algebra I
Tutorial sheet 1
1. Write the following {0, 1, 2, … , 10} in set-builder notation.
(a) {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}
(b) {𝐽𝑎𝑛𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑦, 𝐹𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑦, 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ, 𝐴𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑙, 𝑀𝑎𝑦}
(c) {0, 1, 2, … , 10}
2. Write out the set {𝑥: 𝑥 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 4} in roster notation.
3. How many subsets of {𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐, 𝑑, 𝑒, 𝑓, ℎ, 𝑖} are there?
4. Given U = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, A = {2, 4, 6, 8}, B = {1, 3, 4, 5, 7} C = {7, 8} find:
(a) 𝐴 ∩ 𝐵
(b) 𝐵′
(c) 𝐴′ ∪ 𝐵′
(d) 𝐴 – 𝐵
6. List all the subsets of {𝑡, 𝑖, 𝑚}.
7. What does the shaded region in each figure below represent?
8. Illustrate each of the following by shading the Venn diagram
(a) 𝑆′ ∪ 𝐾
(b) (𝑇 ∩ 𝑀)’
(c) 𝐴′ ∩ 𝐵′
(d) 𝐵 − 𝐶
9. Use the Ven diagram below to find the questions that follows
U
R E
9
26 41
7
4 13
76 37
N
(a) 𝑛(𝑁)
(b) 𝑛[(𝑅 ∪ 𝐸) ∩ 𝑁]
(c) 𝑛(𝐸′)
(d) 𝑛(𝐸 – 𝑅)
10. There were 100 students in the library who responded to how they completed their research
paper.
18 students only used the periodicals
29 students used the web and books
15 students used books, the web, and periodicals
40 students used books and periodicals
60 sed the web and periodicals
60 students used books
7 students did not use the web, nor books, nor the periodicals.
(a) Represent this information with a Venn diagram.
(b) How many students used the web in their research?
(c) How many students used books or periodicals?
11. In a survey of 130 people, the following data were collected:
106 people subscribed to the newspaper, 29 people subscribed to magazines, and 17 people
were members of a mail CD club. Seventeen subscribed to both the newspaper and the
magazines, 5 people subscribed to magazines and were members of a CD club, and 10
people subscribed to the newspaper and were members of a mail CD club. Three people
subscribed to both the newspaper and magazines and were members of a mail CD club.
Make and fill in a Venn diagram to illustrate this situation.
12. Express the following in the simplest form
(a) [𝑃′ ∪ (𝑄 − 𝑅)]
(b) 𝑋 ∪ (𝑌 ∩ 𝑋)
(c) (𝑀 ∩ 𝑁) ∪ (𝑀 ∩ 𝑁)
(d) 𝐴 ∩ (𝐵 ∩ 𝐶′)
13. Given that 𝐴 = (0,3], 𝐵 = (−3,7)𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶 = {𝑥: 𝑥 > 10, 𝑥 ∈ ℤ}. Find
(a) 𝐴 − 𝐵
(b) 𝐴 ∩ (𝐵′ ∪ 𝐶)
(c) (𝐴 ∩ 𝐵)′
(d) 𝐴 ∩ (𝐵′ ∪ 𝐶)