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Mathematics 7
Set Theory

Acorda, Carren P.
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 Basic Set Theory Definitions
 A set is a well-defined group or
collection of objects that share
common characteristics.
 An element is anything that
belongs to a set is called an
Aelement
set can( be
) ofnamed
the set.using capital
letters and braces { } are used to
group the elements of set separated
Identify the elements of the
following sets .
 A={Gold, Silver, Bronze, Platinum}
 B= {positive numbers}
 C={ball}
 D={positive number less than 0}
 E={red, blue, green}
 F={1,2,3,4,5}
 The universal set contains all of
the elements relevant to a given
discussion and is designated by
the symbol U

 Unit set or Singleton set contains

only one element
 Null or empty set a set with no
element
 Finite set its elements can be
counted

 Infinite set is a set with limitless

number of elements which cannot
be counted
 Representation of Sets
SET NOTATION
Roster Method Set Builder Notation
 listing Method
 describin
1. A = {red, blue, 1. A = g
{x I x is a primary
yellow} color}
2. B = {a, e, i, o, u} 2. B = {x I x is a vowel
letter}
3. C = {2, 4, 6, 8} 3. C = {x I x is an even
number less than 10 }
 Listing of Elements
1. C = {Consonants from the word
“ANDARAYAN”}
C={N, D, R, Y}
2. A = {x I x is an odd number less than 15 }
A={1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13}
3. H = {x I x is a multiples of 3 between 1 to
20}
H={3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18,}
 CARDINALITY OF SET
It is the number of


elements/ members in a set

Exampl
1. A = {gold, silver, bronze,
e:
platinum}
n(A) = 4
2. B = {Grade -7 Sections of
Andarayan
n(B) = 10 NHS}
2. C = {x I x is a multiple of 2 between
10 andn(C)
20} = 4
Answer Page 11 &12 in Module

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