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A set is...
What is a collection of items that have something in common?
Each item in the set is called...
A member or element
This symbol is used to represent members of a set.
E
We use these to separate the members in a set.
A comma
We use this to show the elements of a set.
Curly braces {}?
Describe the following set.
{Red, yellow, blue}
Is it the primary colours?
Describe this set {2,3,5,7,11,13}
Set of prime numbers
State the name of this set {Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Domonican Republic}
Islands of the Greater Antilles
Describe the following set {Tuesday, Thursday}
Days of the week starting with the letter T
State if the members of this set.
Parishes in Jamaica that starts with Saint at least 3.
Saint James, Saint Ann, Saint Andrew, Saint Catherine, Saint Mary, Saint Elizabeth
A set with no element .
What is Empty set {}?
State if the following is an element or member of the given set. Monday= {May, June, July}
Not a member of the set
State whether this item is a member of the following set.
Bun= {baked products}
Yes
A set that cannot be numbered.
An infinite set
A set where all the members can be numbered.
Finite set
Another name for an empty set.
Null set
State the type of set given.
The number of boys that wear dresses to school.
An empty or null set
Sets with the same number of members and all the elements are the same.
Equal set
A set with the same number of elements but the items in the set are different.
Equivalent set
The set of first 5 consonants
{b, c, d, f, g}
The set of the first 5 whole numbers.
What is {0,1,2,3,4}?
The set of even numbers between 10 and 20.
{12,14,16,18}
The set of Prime numbers between 1 and 14.
{2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13}
List the set of composite number between 11 and 23
{12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22}
The set of ordinal numbers between 0 and 4.
{1st , 2nd,3rd}