Sets

Objective

1. Use a phrase to describe a set

2. List the members of a set from a given description

3. Give examples of sets

4. Define, describe and give examples of empty sets

5. Identify and distinguish between sets which are equivalent and sets which are equal

6. Identify the cardinal number of a set

7. Distinguish between finite and infinite sets

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Study Resources

9. Calculate the number of subsets of a set of ‘n’ elements

10. Determine the complement of a given set, given the universal set.

11. Determine and count the elements in the intersection and union of two sets

12. Construct and use Venn diagrams to show subsets, complements and the intersection and union of sets.

13. Determine the number of elements in named subsets of two intersecting sets, given the number of elements in some of the other subsets

14. Solve problems involving the use of Venn diagrams with not more than two sets.