A Lesson Plan On Teaching Concepts of Sets in Grade 7 Mathematics

A Lesson Plan on Teaching Concepts of Sets in Grade 7 Mathematics
Lesson 1: Sets: An Introduction
Pre-requisite Concepts: Whole numbers
About the Lesson:

This is an introductory lesson on sets. A clear understanding of the concepts in this
lesson will help you easily grasp number properties and enable you to quickly identify
multiple solutions involving sets of numbers.
Objectives:
In this lesson, you are expected to:
1. Describe and illustrate
a. well-defined sets;
b. subsets;
c. universal set, and;
d. the null set.
2. Use Venn Diagrams to represent sets and subsets.
Lesson Proper:
A.
I. Activity
Below are some objects. Group them as you see fit and label each group.
1 2 3 4
5 6
11
9 10 12
7 8
Answer the following questions:

a. How many groups are there?
b. Does each object belong to a group?
c. Is there an object that belongs to more than one group? Which one?
The groups are called sets for as long as the objects in the group share a characteristic
and are thus, well defined.
Problem: Consider the set consisting of whole numbers from 1 to 200. Let this be set U.
Form smaller sets consisting of elements of U that share a different characteristic. For
example, let E be the set of all even numbers from 1 to 200.
Can you form three more such sets? How many elements are there in each of these
sets? Do any of these sets have any elements in common?
Did you think of a set with no element?
Important Terms to Remember

The following are terms that you must remember from this point on.
1. A set is a well-definedgroup of objects, called elements, that share a
common characteristic. For example, 3 of the objects belong to the set of
head covering or simply hats (ladies hat, baseball cap, hard hat).
2. Set F is a subset of set A if all elements of F are also elements of A.
For example, the even numbers 2, 4, and 12 all belong to the set of whole
numbers. Therefore, the even numbers 2, 4, and 12 form a subset of the set
of whole numbers. F is a proper subset of A if F does not contain all
elements of A.
3. The universal setU is the set that contains all objects under consideration.
4. The null set is an empty set. The null set is a subset of any set.
5. The cardinality of a set A is the number of elements contained in A.
Notations and Symbols

In this section, you will learn some of the notations and symbols pertaining to sets.
1. Uppercase letters will be used to name sets and lowercase letters will be
used to refer to any element of a set. For example, let H be the set of all
objects on page 1 that cover or protect the head. We write
H = {ladies hat, baseball cap, hard hat}
This is the listing or roster method of naming the elements of a set.
Another way of writing the elements of a set is with the use of a descriptor.
This is the rule method. For example,H = {x|x covers and protects the head}. This is
read as “the set H contains the element x such that x covers and protects the head.”
2. The symbol  or { } will be used to refer to an empty set.

3. If F is a subset of A, then we write F  A . We also say that A contains the
setF and write it as A  F . If F is a proper subset of A, then we write F  A .
4. The cardinality of a set A is written as n(A).

II. Questions to Ponder (Post-Activity Discussion) 

Let us answer the questions posed in the opening activity.
1. How many sets are there?
There is the set of head covers (hats), the set of trees, the set of even
numbers, and the set of polyhedrals. But, there is also a set of round objects
and a set of pointy objects. There are 6 well-defined sets.
2. Does each object belong to a set?Yes.
3. Is there an object that belongs to more than one set? Which ones?
All the hats belong to the set of round objects. The pine trees and two of the
Polyhedrals belong to the set of pointy objects.
III. Exercises
Do the following exercises.
1. Give 3 examples of well-defined sets.
2. Name two subsets of the set of whole numbers using both the listing method
and the rule method.
3. Let B = [1, 3, 5, 7, 9}. List all the possible subsets of B.
4. Answer this question: How many subsets does a set of n elements have?
B. Venn Diagrams
Sets and subsets may be represented using Venn Diagrams. These are diagrams that
make use of geometric shapes to show relationships between sets.
Consider the Venn diagram below. Let the universal set U be all the elements in sets A, B,
C, and D.
D
C
Each shape represents a set. Note that although there are no elements shown inside
each shape, we can surmise how the sets are related to each other. Notice that set B is
inside set A. This indicates that all elements in B are contained in A. The same with set C.
Set D, however, is separate from A, B, and C. What does it mean?
Exercises
Draw a Venn diagram to show the relationships between the following pairs or groups of
sets:
1. E = {2, 4, 8, 16, 32}

F = {2, 32}
2. V is the set of all odd numbers
W = {5, 15, 25, 35, 45, 55…}
3. R = {x| x is a factor of 24}

S={}
T = {7, 9, 11}
Summary
In this lesson, you learned about sets, subsets, the universal set, the null set, and the
cardinality of a set. You also learned to use the Venn diagram to show relationships between
sets.

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Lesson 1: Sets: An Introduction

Pre-requisite Concepts: Whole numbers

About the Lesson:

Answer the following questions:

Did you think of a set with no element?

Important Terms to Remember

Notations and Symbols

H = {ladies hat, baseball cap, hard hat}

This is the listing or roster method of naming the elements of a set.

2. The symbol  or { } will be used to refer to an empty set.

2. Does each object belong to a set?Yes.

1. E = {2, 4, 8, 16, 32}

3. R = {x| x is a factor of 24}

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