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Exercise 1.1 – Two Sets | Interactive Student Edition with Math Rendering
Grade 10 Mathematics · Interactive Student Edition

Exercise 1.1: Two Sets

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Q. 4 Survey – Educational Tour (Lumbini & Pokhara)
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A survey was conducted among 125 students of class 10 studying in Gyan Mandir Secondary School regarding the places for educational tour and it was found that 65 students preferred to visit Lumbini (L), 75 preferred to visit Pokhara (P), and 25 preferred both the places.
  1. a)
    Write the cardinality of set of students who preferred to visit both Pokhara and Lumbini in set notational form.
  2. b)
    Show the above information in a Venn-diagram.
  3. c)
    Find the number of students who preferred neither of two places.
  4. d)
    Find the ratio of the number of students who preferred Lumbini only and Pokhara only.
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Q. 4 (b) Survey – Local Languages (Bhojpuri & Maithili)
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A survey was carried out in a village of Chandrapur municipality of Rautahat district regarding the local languages. Among 1,400 people participated in the survey, it was found that 600 people can speak Bhojpuri, 900 can speak Maithili and 350 people can speak Bhojpuri as well as Maithili languages.
  1. a)
    If B and M represent the sets of people who can speak Bhojpuri and Maithili respectively, write the cardinality of n(B ∩ M).
  2. b)
    Draw a Venn-diagram to show the above data.
  3. c)
    How many people cannot speak both the languages?
  4. d)
    How many more or less people can speak Maithili only than Bhojpuri only?
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Q. 4 (c) Visit Nepal 2020 – Chinese Tourists (Bhutan & Sri Lanka)
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During 'Visit Nepal 2020', among 7,500 Chinese tourists who visited Nepal, 60% of them had already visited Bhutan, 50% had visited Sri Lanka, and 30% have visited both the countries.
  1. a)
    If B and S denote the sets of tourists who visited Bhutan and Sri Lanka respectively, write the number of tourists who visited Bhutan in set notation.
  2. b)
    Illustrate this information in a Venn-diagram.
  3. c)
    How many tourists have visited neither Bhutan nor Sri Lanka?
  4. d)
    How many tourists have already visited only one of these countries?
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Q. 5 (a) Survey – Cultural Dances (Sorathi & Ghatu)
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In a survey conducted in a community of Gorkha district regarding cultural dances, it was found that out of 500 people, 180 people can perform Sorathi dance (S), 250 can perform Ghatu dance (G) and 120 can perform neither of these two dances.
  1. a)
    Write the set notation that represents the number of people who can perform neither Sorathi nor Ghatu dance.
  2. b)
    Represent the above information in a Venn-diagram.
  3. c)
    How many people can perform both the dances?
  4. d)
    Compare the number of people who can perform Sorathi only and Ghatu only.
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Q. 5 (b) School's Day – Athletics & Music
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Last Wednesday, a School successfully accomplished its school's day. For this program, every student participated in at least one of the activities, athletics or music. In a class of 45 students, 21 participated in athletics (A) and 29 participated in music (M).
  1. a)
    Write the cardinality of n(Ā ∪ M̄)?
  2. b)
    Draw a Venn-diagram to represent the above information.
  3. c)
    How many students participated in both the activities?
  4. d)
    Compare the number of students who participated in athletics only and music only.
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Q. 5 (c) Survey – Cricket & Basketball
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In a survey conducted among 150 students of a school, it was found that 70 students liked cricket, 62 liked basketball and 30 students did not like any of these two games.
  1. a)
    If C and B denote the set of students who liked cricket and basketball respectively, write the cardinality of n(B̄ ∪ C̄).
  2. b)
    Present the information in a Venn-diagram.
  3. c)
    Find the number of students who liked cricket only.
  4. d)
    Compare the number of students who liked both games and who liked except these two games.
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Q. 6 (a) SEE Students – Mathematics & English (A+ Grade)
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Among 54 SEE appeared students from a school, 18 students got 'A+' grade in Mathematics only, 25 got 'A+' grade in English only and 7 students did not get 'A+' grade in these two subjects.
  1. a)
    Write the cardinalities of the given sets in set notational forms.
  2. b)
    Show the above information in Venn-diagram.
  3. c)
    How many students got 'A+' grade in Mathematics?
  4. d)
    How many more or less students got 'A+' grade not in English than not in Mathematics?
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Q. 6 (b) Survey – Cellular Data & Wi-Fi Usage
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In a survey of a group of people, 20% are using cellular data but not Wi-Fi, 65% are using Wi-Fi but not cellular data and 5% of them use neither cellular data nor Wi-Fi.
  1. a)
    If C and W denote the sets of people who are using cellular data and Wi-Fi respectively, write the cardinality of n(C̄ ∪ W̄).
  2. b)
    Represent the above information in a Venn-diagram.
  3. c)
    Find the percent of people who are using Wi-Fi.
  4. d)
    By what percent of the people who are not using cellular data is more or less than the people who are not using Wi-Fi?
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Q. 8 (a) Survey – Comedy & Action Movies
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In a survey of a group of people, it was found that 65% of them liked comedy movies, 63% liked action movies, 33% liked both types of movies, and 150 people did not like both types of movies.
  1. a)
    Draw a Venn-diagram to illustrate the above information.
  2. b)
    Find the number of people participated in the survey.
  3. c)
    Find the number of people who liked both types of movies.
  4. d)
    Amrita calculated that the number of people who did not like comedy movie is 150 more than the number of people who liked action movie only. Justify her calculation.
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Q. 8 (b) Examination – English & Mathematics Pass
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In an examination, 80% examinees passed in English, 70% in Mathematics, 60% passed in both the subjects, and 45 examinees failed in both subjects.
  1. a)
    Draw a Venn-diagram to represent the above information.
  2. b)
    Find the number of examinees participated in the survey.
  3. c)
    Find the number of examinees who passed in both subjects.
  4. d)
    Ram calculated that the number of examinees who failed in English is double the number of examinees who passed mathematics only. State whether he is right or wrong by testing his calculation.
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Q. 9 (a) Survey – Folk Songs & Modern Songs
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In a survey of a community, it was found that 65% of people liked folk songs, 55% liked modern songs and 10% of people did not like both types of songs.
  1. a)
    Illustrate the above information in a Venn-diagram.
  2. b)
    What percentage of people liked either folk songs or modern songs?
  3. c)
    If 360 people liked both types of songs, how many people were surveyed?
  4. d)
    How many times is the number of people who liked both types of songs of the number of people who did not like both types of songs?
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Q. 9 (b) Survey – Rice & Wheat Cultivation
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In a survey of some farmers in a community, 70% of them are found cultivating rice, 60% cultivating wheat, 20% are not cultivating both the crops, and 450 farmers are found cultivating both the crops.
  1. a)
    Draw a Venn-diagram to illustrate the above information.
  2. b)
    Find the percentage of farmers who are cultivating either rice or wheat.
  3. c)
    Find the total number of farmers participated in the survey.
  4. d)
    By how many times is the number of farmers who are cultivating both the crops more than the number of farmers who are cultivating none of these crops?
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Q. 10 Survey – Tea & Coffee Drinkers
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In a survey of 200 people, it was found that 100 people drink tea, 70 drink coffee and 40 drink both tea and coffee.
  1. a)
    If T and C denote the sets of people who drink tea and coffee respectively, write the values of n(T), n(C) and n(T ∩ C).
  2. b)
    Show the above information in a Venn-diagram.
  3. c)
    Find the number of people who drink neither tea nor coffee.
  4. d)
    Find the ratio of people who drink tea only to those who drink coffee only.
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Q. 11 Survey – Newspaper Readers (English & Nepali)
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In a survey of 1000 people, it was found that 600 read English newspaper (E), 500 read Nepali newspaper (N) and 200 read both English and Nepali newspapers.
  1. a)
    Write the cardinality of n(E ∩ N).
  2. b)
    Draw a Venn-diagram to represent the above information.
  3. c)
    Find the number of people who read neither English nor Nepali newspaper.
  4. d)
    How many more people read English newspaper only than Nepali newspaper only?
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Q. 12 Survey – Science & Mathematics Lovers
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In a class of 40 students, 25 like Science (S), 20 like Mathematics (M) and 10 like both Science and Mathematics.
  1. a)
    Write the cardinality of n(S ∩ M).
  2. b)
    Represent the above data in a Venn-diagram.
  3. c)
    Find the number of students who like neither Science nor Mathematics.
  4. d)
    Find the number of students who like Science only.
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Q. 13 Survey – Football & Volleyball Players
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In a survey of 500 students, 300 play football (F), 270 play volleyball (V) and 100 play neither of these two games.
  1. a)
    Write the value of n(F̄ ∪ V̄) in set notation.
  2. b)
    Represent the above information in a Venn-diagram.
  3. c)
    Find the number of students who play both football and volleyball.
  4. d)
    Find the number of students who play football only.
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Extra Question Placeholders

Five ready-to-edit templates for additional two-set problems.

Extra 1 New Two-Set Question Placeholder
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Write the full word-problem statement here, including the universal set and information about both sets.
  1. a)
    Write sub-question (a) here.
  2. b)
    Write sub-question (b) here.
  3. c)
    Write sub-question (c) here.
  4. d)
    Write sub-question (d) here.
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Extra 2 New Two-Set Question Placeholder
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Write the full word-problem statement here, including the universal set and information about both sets.
  1. a)
    Write sub-question (a) here.
  2. b)
    Write sub-question (b) here.
  3. c)
    Write sub-question (c) here.
  4. d)
    Write sub-question (d) here.
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Extra 3 New Two-Set Question Placeholder
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Write the full word-problem statement here, including the universal set and information about both sets.
  1. a)
    Write sub-question (a) here.
  2. b)
    Write sub-question (b) here.
  3. c)
    Write sub-question (c) here.
  4. d)
    Write sub-question (d) here.
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Extra 4 New Two-Set Question Placeholder
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Write the full word-problem statement here, including the universal set and information about both sets.
  1. a)
    Write sub-question (a) here.
  2. b)
    Write sub-question (b) here.
  3. c)
    Write sub-question (c) here.
  4. d)
    Write sub-question (d) here.
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Extra 5 New Two-Set Question Placeholder
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Write the full word-problem statement here, including the universal set and information about both sets.
  1. a)
    Write sub-question (a) here.
  2. b)
    Write sub-question (b) here.
  3. c)
    Write sub-question (c) here.
  4. d)
    Write sub-question (d) here.
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