Sets and

Venn
Diagrams
 WORD
PROBLEMS
ON SETS
 Checking of Assignment
The movie genre preferences of a group of 150
respondents were recorded as follows:
75 respondents prefer comedy (C)
60 prefer action (A) 18 prefer all three
75 prefer horror (H) movie genres
30 prefer comedy and action
35 prefer action and horror
58 prefer comedy and horror
U=15
C A
0 5 12 13
18
40 17

0
H 45
U=15
C A
0 5 12 13
a

18
40 17

0
H 45
 QUESTIONS
1. How many respondents prefer exactly two movie
genres?
12 + 40 +17 = 69
2. How many respondents do not like horror?

5 + 12 + 13 + 45 = 75
A class of 50 freshman students decided to have a tree
planting project. Of the many seedlings available, 23 chose
to plant mahogany while 25 chose narra. Ten chose to plant
both mahogany and narra. How many chose

a. Mahogany only?
b. Narra only?
c. Neither narra or mahogany?
U=50
M N
13 10 15

12
A class of 50 freshman students decided to have a tree
planting project. Of the many seedlings available, 23 chose
to plant mahogany while 25 chose narra. Ten chose to plant
both mahogany and narra. How many chose

a. Mahogany only?
b. Narra only? 13
15
c. Neither narra or mahogany?

12
Seventy housewives were asked about their preference for cooking oil.
41 prefer coconut oil
37 prefer olive oil
39 prefer sunflower oil
20 prefer both coconut and olive oil
24 prefer both coconut and sunflower oil
17 prefer both olive and sunflower oil
8 prefer all the three
How many prefer:
a. Coconut oil only?
b. Olive oil only?
c. Sunflower oil only?
d. None of the three?
U=70 C
O
5 12 8
8
16 9

6
S 6
How many prefer:
a. Coconut oil only?
b. Olive oil only?
c. Sunflower oil only?
d. None of the three?
Answer:
a. 5
b. 8
c. 6
d. 6
 MINI PT 2
Create a word problem involving
operations of sets that can be solved
using a Venn diagram. You may use
the items in Math Empowerment D
as your guide.