Lesson 3:

Sets and the

Venn
Diagram
UNION
of sets A and B, denoted by
A U B, is the set that contains all
the elements in sets A and B as
represented by the shaded part
of the Venn Diagram.
INTERSECTION
Set of A and B, denoted by
A ∩ B, is the set that contains
all the common elements to
sets A and B.
DIFFERENCE
Set of A and B, denoted by
A – B, is the set that contains
all elements in A which are
not in B.
COMPLEMENT
Set of A denoted by A’ , is
the set that contains all
elements in the universal set
that are not in set A.
World Problem
In a group of 50 students, 20
likes Mathematics only. How
many students like English only
if 16 of them like both
Mathematics and English? How
many like English in general?
Problem No. 2
 suppose that among the 20 students,
15 students like the sport of
basketball, 8 students like boxing and
2 students didn’t like any of the
sports, how many students like
basketball and boxing?