IBMS Chp.

7 (7G) Problem Solving with Venn Diagrams

[ notes ]
Source: Art of Problem Solving: Venn Diagrams with Two Categories.
7G Two Categories
Example 1 On your street you know 14 houses have cat, 19 have
dogs, 6 have both, and 5 have neither.

i) How do you determine the number

of houses with pets?

ii) How do you show the total number

of houses on your street?
U

Example 2 You have 42 friends. 23 are good at math, 21 are very

well dressed, and 18 are neither.

i) How do you determine the number

of friends in each part of the Venn
Diagram.

ii) There are two methods to find these

values, which do you like?
IBMS Chp.7 (7G) Problem Solving with Venn Diagrams
[ notes ]
Source: Solving Problems with Venn Diagrams (Start lesson at 2:15 to complete notes)
7G Three Categories
Example 3

100 students were interviewed.

28 took PE
31 took BIO
42 took ENG
9 took PE and BIO
10 took PE and ENG
6 took BIO and ENG
4 took all three subjects

i) What is a good strategy to fill in the U

values?
Questions you have about this lesson. Be
prepared to share your questions with your
team.

ii) How many students took none of the

three subjects?

iii) How many students took PE, but not

BIO or ENG?

iv) How many students took BIO and PE

but not ENG?