Sets
Sets
Justify your
answer.
(a) The collection of all the days in a week beginning
with the letter T.
(b) The collection of all difficult questions in the
chapter on sets.
(c) The collection of girls in your class.
(d) The collection of all rivers in India.
(e) The collection of all active teachers in the school.
(f) The collection of all integers more than -3.
(g) The collection of all beautiful flowers in the park.
2. If,
A = {3, 5, 7, 9}
B = {2, 4, 6, 8, 10}
C = {12, 14, 18, 20, 24}
D = {21, 26, 31, 36}
(a) State whether true or false.
(i) 13 C
(ii) 6 A
(iii) 9 A
(iv) 24 C
(v) 31 D
(vi) 36 D
(vii) 20 C
(viii) 9 A
(b) Fill in the blanks.
(i) 3 ___
(ii) 4 ___ B
(iii) 26 ___ C
(iv) 8 ___
(v) 5 ___ A
(vi) 6 ___ C
(vii) 21 ___ D
(viii) 18 ___ B
B = {x | x I, 5 < x 10}
11. Find which of the following sets are disjoint or
overlapping.
(a) A = {The set of boys in the school}
B = {The set of girls in the school}
(b) P = {The set of letters in the English alphabet}
Q = {The set of vowels in the English alphabet}
(c) X = {x : x is an odd number, x < 9}
Y = {x : x is an even number, x < 10}
(d) M = {x : x is a factor of 24}
N = {x : x is a multiple of 3, less than 30}
(e) E = {9, 99, 999}
F = {1, 10, 100}
(f) G = {The set of letters in the word TAME}
H = {The set of letters in the word MATE}
12. State whether the following are true or false.
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)
(iii)
(iv) B
(v)
(vi)
(vii)
(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}
(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)