Unit 1 Section 4 : Set Notation
In this section we look at some mathematical notation for the ideas we learnt about sets in the last section.
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We use to denote the universal set, which is all of the items which can appear in any set.
This is usually represented by the outside rectangle on the venn diagram.
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A B represents the intersection of sets A and B.
This is all the items which appear in set A and in set B.
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A B represents the union of sets A and B.
This is all the items which appear in set A or in set B or in both sets.
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We use ' (the apostrophe) to denote the complement of a set.
A' is all the items which are not in set A.
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A B means that set A is a subset of set B.
This means that every member of set A also appears in set B.
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is the empty set - a set with no items in it.
For example, if A is the set of numbers which are both odd and even then A = .
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Practice Questions
Work out the answer to each of these questions then click on the button marked
to see whether you are correct.
 
Exercises
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When filling in the sets or venn diagrams below, separate the numbers in each section with commas:
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