Answers For The Worksheet On Sets in Set

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Answers for the worksheet on sets in Set-builder form are given below to check the exact

answers of the above questions on sets in Set-builder form or Rule form.

Answers:

1. (i) {x : x is an even natural numbers less than 12}

(ii) {x : x is a prime numbers less than 12}

(iii) {x : x is a month whose name starts with letter J}

(iv) { x : x is a vowel in English alphabets}

(v) {x : x is a day of the week whose name starts with letter T}

(vi) {x : x is a perfect square natural number upto 25}

(vii) {x : x is a natural number upto 30 and divisible by 5}

2. (i) A = {x | x is an odd number less than 10}.

(ii) B = {x | x is a perfect square natural number between 15 and 65}

(iii) C = {x | x is a vowel in English small alphabet}.

(iv) D = {x | x is a color in rainbow}.

(v) E = {x | x is a month having 31 days}.

Answers for the worksheet on elements form a set are given below to check the exact answers of
the above questions on whether the objects are well-defined or not.

Answers:

1. No, some problems may be easy for one person but may not be easy to some other person.
Objects are not well-defined.

2. Yes

3. Yes

4. Yes
5. No, it is not mention that the boys must be taller than which boy. If we consider three boys A,
B and C: boy A can be taller than B but not necessarily taller than C.

6. Yes

7. No, it is not mentioned which flowers is to be included and which is to be excluded so, the
objects are not well-defined.

8. No, it may be difficult for one boy to draw a given triangle but to some other boy it may not
be difficult to draw the same triangle.

9. Yes

10. Yes

11. No, a fruit may be tasty for one person and may not be tasty to the other person.

12. No, clever in what respect?

13. No, it is not mention that the buildings must be taller than which building.

14. No, all the people cannot find the same schools as good schools so, the objects are not well-
defined.

15. No, it is not mentioned which four planets are included and which are excluded.

16. Yes

17. Yes

18. Yes

19. Yes

Answers for the worksheet on empty sets are given below to check the exact answers of the
above set of questions are empty set or not empty set.

Answers:

1. (i) Empty set

(iii) Empty set

(iv) Empty set

(vi) Empty set

(vii) Empty set

(viii) Empty set


2. (i) Not empty set

(ii) Empty set

(iii) Not empty set

(iv) Empty set

(v) Not empty set

(vi) Empty set

(vii) Empty set

(viii) Empty set

(ix) Not empty set

(x) Empty set

(xi) Empty set

(xii) Not empty set

(xiii) Empty set

(xiv) Not empty set

Answers for the worksheet on cardinal number of a set are given below to check the exact
answers of the above questions on cardinal number.

Answers:

1. (i) 4

(ii) 6

(iii) 0

(iv) 3

(v) 4

(vi) 7

2. (i) 9
(ii) 4

(iii) 4

(iv) 0

(v) {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, p, u, e, t}; 13

(vi) {1, 4, 9}; 3

(vii) 4

(viii) 0

(ix) 8

(x) 9

3. (i) 5

(ii) 0

(iii) 5

(iv) 0

(v) No, n(M) ≠ n(M ∩ N)

(vi) No, n(N) ≠ n(M ∪ N)

(vii) Yes, n(M) = n(M ∪ N)

4. (i) True

(ii) False

(iii) True

(iv) True

Answers for worksheet on set theory are given below to make sure that the answers are correct.

Answers:

1. (a), (c), (d) and (f) are sets.


Since they are well-defined collection of distinct objects.

2. (a) (i) False


(ii) True

(iii) False

(iv) True

(v) True

(vi) False

(vii) False

(viii) True

(b) (i) A

(ii) Є

(iii) ∉

(iv) B

(v) Є

(vi) ∉

(vii) Є

(viii) ∉

3. (a) {2, 4, 6, 8, 10}

(b) {2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23}

(c) {-1, 0, 2}

(d) {L, O, Y, A}

(e) {O, I, E}

(f) {1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36}

(g) {6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11}

(h) {3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18}

(i) {64, 125}

(j) {-3, 2, 7}

(k) {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
(l) {1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18}

(m) {O}

(n) {red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet}

4. (a) {x : x is a multiple of 5 and 5 ≤ x ≤ 20}

(b) {x : x is a factor of 18}

(c) {x : x is a letter of the word ‘Principal’}

(d) {x : x ∊ W and x < 1}

(e) {x : x ∊ N and x < 1)

(f) {x : x ∊ W and 0 ≤ x ≤ 19}

(g) {x : x = -2n and n ∊ N and 1 ≤ n ≤ 4}

(h) {x : x is a month of the year beginning with J}

(i) {x : x is a vowel of the English alphabet}

(j) {x : x is a letter of the English alphabet}

(k) {x : x = 1/x, n ∊ N and 1 ≤ n ≤ 6}

(l) {x : x is odd, x ≤ 9}

5. (a) 12

(b) 6

(c) 5

(d) 1

(e) 0

(f) 6

(g) 7

(h) 3

(i) 6

(j) 24

6. (a) infinite
(b) infinite

(c) finite

(d) finite

(e) infinite

(f) finite

(g) finite
(h) finite

(i) infinite

(j) infinite

(k) infinite

7. (a) null

(b) singleton

(c) null

(d) singleton

(e) null

(f) singleton

(g) singleton

(h) singleton

(i) null

(j) null

8. B = D and E = G

9. Equal sets (a), (c) Elements same

10. Equal sets (a), (d)

Equivalent sets (b), (c), (e)

11. Disjoint sets (a), (c), (e)


Overlapping sets (b), (d), (f)

12. (a) True

(b) True

(c) False

(d) False

(e) False

(f) True

(g) False

(h) True

(i) True

(j) True

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