SETS

(1) Consider the following three statements:

1. Some students play basketball
2. Tall students are over 2 metres in height
3. All basketball players are tall
(a) Represent the statement in a suitable Venn diagram, showing and stating an appropriate
universal set
(b) Show on your diagram
(i) Nina is 1.5 m tall
(ii) Robert who is 2.2 m tall, does not play basketball.

(2) The universal set

  {2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12} The set P, Q, and R each contain 2 members and P Q  R  

Given that (Q  R)  (2, 12) , determine

(i) The members of the set P
(ii) The members of QR

(iii) The number of possible subsets which can be formed from QR

(iv) The value of n( P  R)

(3) Given the following information:

U = {3, 6, 9, 12, …, 27}
E = {even numbers}
G = {numbers greater than 20}
E and G are subsets of U

(i) List the members of E and of G

(ii) Draw a Venn diagram to represent the above data
(iii) State n( E  G)
(4) Students in a class of 30 must take either Mathematics or Biology or both. 12 students
take both Mathematics and Biology and 20 take Mathematics.
(i) Represent this information on a Venn diagram
(ii) Calculate the number of students who take biology only

(5) In a group of 40 students, all students study Mathematics.

28 students study Biology and Mathematics
20 students study geography and Mathematics
x students study all 3 subjects
(i) Draw a Venn diagram to represent the above information, showing, in terms of
x, the number of students in each subset.
(ii) Determine the number of students who study all three subjects.

(6) The following Venn diagram shows set C and D, where P and Q are subsets of C and
D respectively.

(i) Given that (n(C)  33, n(D)  41, n(C  D)  x , write down, in terms of x, the values of n( P )

and n(Q) .

(ii) If n(C  D)  51, Calculate the value of x.

1. Jan 98
The Universal Set,
ξ = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12}
X={2, 3, 5, 7, 11}
Y = {1, 3, 5, 1, 9, 11}
Z = {4, 8, 12}

i. Draw the Venn diagram to represent the above information.

ii. List the members of the set X  Y 

2. Jun 98
The Universal set E contains the sets J, K, and L such that : J K , J K  and L  ( J  K )

Draw a Venn diagram to show the relationship amongst the sets J, K, and L.

3. Jun 00
The Venn diagram below shows the number of students doing Mathematics (M),
Accounts (A), and French (F) in a class of 50.

iii. Write down an expression, in terms of x, for the number of students who do
accounts.
iv. Write down an equation, in terms of x, which shows the information in the Venn
diagram.
v. Determine the number of students who do Mathematics only.
vi. Determine the number of students who do French
4. Jun 87
U = {class of 36 pupils}
W = {15 pupils who walk to school}
R = {18 pupils who ride to school}
L = {20 Pupils who lunch at school}

All the pupils who neither ride nor walk to school have their lunch at school.

Ten of the pupils who walk and 7 of the pupils who ride have their lunch at school.

Draw a Venn diagram to represent this information. Indicate clearly the number of
elements of each set and subset.

5. Jun 84
U = {natural numbers}
P = {{factors of 12}
Q = {factors of 6}
R = {multiples of 12}

Draw a Venn diagram to represent the these sets and show on the diagram, in the
appropriate region the numbers for P, Q, R and P  Q

6. Jun 86
A, B, and C are three sets such that C s a subset of B and
n(U )  n( A  B  C )  58 , n( B  C )  35 , n( B  C )  22 , and n( A  C )  10
n( A)  40 , and n( A  B)  23
 U represents the Universal set. Draw a Venn diagram to represent the above information
and
hence, determine n  B  A  C 

7. Jan 89
In a class of 34 students, every student plays at least one of the following games: tennis,
cricket, football.
Twenty four students play cricket; sixteen play tennis; and fifteen play football. Those
who play tennis also play cricket but not football. Some of the students who play football
also play cricket.

vii. Draw a carefully labelled Venn diagram to represent the above information.
viii. Calculate:
1. the number of students who play both cricket and football.
2. the number of students who play cricket only.

8. Jun 90
ix. Draw and label a Venn diagram to show the following information:
A, B, and C are sets and U is the universal set; n(U )  45, B  A

n(A) = 23, n(8) = 14, n(C) = 20, n(A  C ) = 8 , and n( B  C ) = 3,

x. Hence, determine:
a. n( A  B ) and
b. n( A  B  C )
9. Jun 88
Given that:
U is the set of persons In Tobago
C is the set of persons in Tobago who like calypso.
S is the set of persons in Tobago who like steel band.
P is the set of persons in Tobago who like pop-music.
All persons who like calypso also like steel band but do not like pop-music
Some persons who like steel band also like pop-music.
b. Draw a carefully labeled Venn diagram to illustrate this data.

c. Given that n(U )  40000 , n(S )  25000, n(c)  10000 and n( P)  8000

Determine
i. n(S  C )

ii. n(C  P)

10.Jun 97

The Venn diagram above represents information about the 40 members of a youth club.
F = {members who play football}
C = {members who play cricket}
T = {members who play tennis}
The same number, x, play football only and tennis only.
 iii. Calculate the number who plays football.
iv. State the information represented by the shaded region of the Venn diagram.
v. State the relationship between the members of C and F, and between C and T.

11.Jan 99
There are 50 students in Form 6S.
Every student does at least one of the subjects Mathematics, Chemistry and Biology.
All students who do Biology also do Chemistry.
No student who does Mathematics does Biology.

7 students do Biology
35 students do Mathematics
25 students do Chemistry
x students do both Mathematics and Chemistry.

vi. Draw a clearly labeled Venn diagram to illustrate this information.

vii. Write, in terms of x, the number of persons who do Chemistry only
 viii. Write an Equation in x to represent the total number of students in form 6S.
ix. Hence, calculate the number of persons who do both Mathematics and Chemistry.

12.Jun 01
The Universal set
U = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}
A = {0, 1, 2, 7, 9}
B = {3, 4, 5}
C = {2}

x. Draw a Venn diagram to represent the above information

xi. List, using set notation, the members of the set A  B .

Three Set Intersections

13.Jun 95

The Venn diagram above shows the universal set ξ and three subsets A, B, and C. The
lower case letters written in the diagram are members of the various subsets.
xii. List the members of ( A  B  C )

xiii. List the members of B C

xiv. State the value of n( B  C )

14.Jan 95
Use the answer sheet provided to answer this part of the question.

In a class of 56 students, each student does at least one of the three subjects, English,
Mathematics, and Science.

10 students do English and Science only

5 students do Science only
5 students do Mathematics and English only.
No student does Mathematics only
15 students do three subjects
x students do mathematics and science only
2x students do English only.

xv. Complete the Venn diagram to illustrate the information in this question
xvi. Write an expression in x to represent the composition of the class
xvii. Hence, calculate the number of students who do English only.

1. Resit 95
Information from a survey on 175 persons about the goods, services and prices of a
supermarket is as follows:
110 persons complained about the prices
67 persons complained about the services
 55 persons complained about the goods
20 persons complained about goods and prices only
11 persons complained about services and prices only
16 persons complained about goods and services only
2 persons had no complaints
x persons complained about all three.

i. Draw a Venn Diagram to represent the information from the survey.

ii. Calculate the value of x.

2. Jun 91
There are 50 students in form VI
All students study Mathematics
17 study Biology
18 study Chemistry
24 study Physics
5 study Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics
7 study Physics, Biology and Mathematics
6 study Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics.
2 study all four subjects

a. Draw a carefully labelled Venn diagram to represent the data, using the universal
set as the set of students who study Mathematics.
b. Determine the number of students who study at least three subjects.
 c. Calculate the number of students who study Mathematics only

3. Jun 92

The Venn diagram above illustrates some of the information given below.
There are 100 members in a foreign language club.
48 members speak Spanish
45 members speak French
52 members speak German
15 members speak Spanish and French
18 members speak Spanish and German
21 members speak German and French
Each member speaks at LEAST one of the three languages
Let the number of members who speak all 3 languages be x.

i. Write an algebraic expression to represent the number of members in the shaded

region.
ii. Describe the region shaded.
iii. Write an equation to show the total number of members in the club.
iv. Hence, determine the number of members who speak all three languages.
15.Jan 92
In a town there are 20 shops which sell shoes, hats and dresses.
x shop sell shoes, hats and dresses
9 shops sell shoes and hats
8 shops sell shoes and dresses
10 shops sell hats and dresses.

xviii. Draw and label a Venn diagram to represent the information given above.
xix. It is given further that:
12 shops sell shoes
15 shops sell hats
14 shops sell dresses .

d. Determine in terms of x, the number of shops which sell only shoes.

e. Calculate the value of x.

16.Jan 92
Every student of a class of 39 plays AT LEAST ONE of the games: cricket, football,
tennis.

2 students play only cricket.

9 students play only cricket and football
5 students play only cricket and tennis
11 students play both football and tennis
x students play all 3 games.

i. Draw a carefully labelled Venn diagram to represent the information above.

ii. Given that nineteen students play no cricket, and that 18 students play tennis;
iii. Calculate:
f. the value of x
 g. the number of students who play only football.

17.Jun 93
There are 68 students In Form V
15 students study Mathematics only
12 students study Physics only
8 students study Physics and Chemistry only
2 students study Physics and Mathematics only
3 students study Mathematics Physics and Chemistry
4 Students do not study any of these subjects

i. Draw a carefully labelled Venn diagram to represent the information above

ii. Determine the number of students who study Physics
iii. Given that X students study Mathematics and Chemistry only, and twice as many
study Chemistry only, write an algebraic equation to represent the information
given and hence calculate the value of x.

18.Jan 94

A newspaper agent delivers newspapers to a village. He sells the Express, the Advocate,
and the Gleaner. Of the 150 households in the village,
40 households receive the Express
35 households receives the Advocate
60 households receives the Gleaner
 7 households receive the Express and the Advocate
10 households receive the Advocate and the Gleaner
4 households receive the Express and the Gleaner
34 households receive no papers at all
x households receive all 3 newspapers

iv. Copy in your answer booklet the Venn diagram above. Write, in the appropriate
regions, expressions in terms of x, for each subset of seta A, E, and G.
v. Write an algebraic equation in x to illustrate all the information given
vi. Solve the equation and hence determine the number of households which bought
the express paper only.

19.Jun 89
A survey on a sample of persons who read at least one of the magazine P, Q, and R
yielded the following data.

72 persons read P
53 persons read Q
29 persons read R
14 persons read only P and R
9 persons read only P and Q
2 persons read only Q and R
44 persons read P only.

vii. Use x to represent the number of persons who read all three magazines. Draw a
carefully labelled Venn diagram to represent the data.
viii. Determine the value of x.
ix. Calculate the number of persons in the sample.
20.Jan 91
There are 46 students in a class. Homework was given in Mathematics, Spanish, and
Accounts. 4 students did not do homework. Other students did homework as listed below.

Subject No. of
Students
All three subjects 8
Mathematics and 3
Accounts only 7
Accounts and Spanish 5
only 2
Spanish and Mathematics 6
only
Accounts only
Spanish only

x. Draw a labelled Venn diagram to illustrate the information given above.

xi. Calculate the number of students who did homework in Mathematics.
xii. Calculate the number of students who did homework in only one subject.

21.Jan 97

The Venn diagram above shows information on the number of students in a group and
their selection of subjects. In the group there were 65 students. The subjects were.
Accounts (A), Geography (G), and Mathematics (M). Calculate:
 xiii. the total number of students in the group
xiv. the number of students who selected Geography
xv. the probability of randomly choosing a students who does Mathematics only.

22.Jun 98
The Venn diagram below shows sets C and D where P and Q are subsets of C and D
respectively

xvi. Given that n(C) = 33, n(D) = 41, n(C  D)  x , write down in terms of x, the values of
n(P) and n(Q).
xvii. If n(C  D)=51 , calculate the value of x.

23.Jun 99
Given that E  {a, b, c, d, e, f, g}

L  {a, b, c, d, e}

M  {a, c, e, g} and

N  {b, e, f, g}

xviii. Draw a Venn diagram showing the sets: E, L, M and N and their elements
xix. List the members of the set represented by (L  M )  N

xx. Write down the value of n(L  M )  N 

24.Jun 85
Of the 100 candidate who wrote examination in Computer Science, Statistics and
Accounts, 48 candidates passed Computer Science; 14 passed Computer Science and
Accounts only; and 14 passed Statistics and accounts only.
Three times as many passed both Statistics and Computer Science Accounts as all who
 passed each subject only.

Assume that :
x candidates passed Statistics only
x candidates passed Accounts only
x candidates passed Computer Science only
y candidates passed all three subjects.

Represent the information given on a suitable Venn diagram and hence write down two
equations in x and y which can be used to solve for x and y.

25.Jun 04
A club has 160 members, some of whom play Tennis (T) or cricket (C) or both.90
members play tennis, 86 play cricket and 10 play neither x play both tennis and cricket.
a. Draw a Venn diagram to represent this information
b. How many members play both tennis and cricket?
26.Jan 05
32 candidates took examination at a CXC examination centre

11 took French (F)

9 took Spanish (S)
x took Both French and Spanish
18 took neid1er French nor Spanish

xxi. Copy and complete die following Venn diagram to represent the information

xxii. Write an equation in x for the number of students in the universal set
xxiii. Calculate the value of x
xxiv. Shade the region F  S

27.Jan 04
The following information is given
U  {1, 2, 3, ..., 10}

P  {1, 2, 5, 10}

Q  {2, 3, 5, 8, 9}

P and Q are subsets of U the Universal set

a. Draw a Venn diagram to represent the information shown above

b. List using set notation the member of the set
i. P Q
 ii. ( P  Q)

28.Jun 05

In the diagram shown above, the Universal set, (U), represents all the students in a class.
The M represents all the students who take Music. The set D represents the students who
take Drama. If 24 students take music, calculate
xxv. the number of students who take both Music and Drama
xxvi. the number of student who take Drama only