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Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics

1.2Sets

Sets in Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Overview

Core: Venn diagrams with at most two sets. Extended: at most three sets.

Learning objectives

What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.

  1. 1.2.1Describe sets with set language and notation, including listing, set-builder notation, the universal set, complement, union, intersection and number of elements.
  2. 1.2.2Draw and interpret Venn diagrams with two sets to show the relationships between sets.
  3. 1.2.3Extended: use element, subset and empty-set notation and Venn diagrams with up to three sets.

Lessons

  • Set language and notation

    30 min

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  • Venn diagrams

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Sets: sample question

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A={1,2,3,4}A = \{1, 2, 3, 4\} and B={3,4,5}B = \{3, 4, 5\}. Find A∩BA \cap B.

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