Introduction
Task
40 minutes
1.List the element(s) for each set and give your answers in the notation:A={....}
a)the seven days of the week
b)the first five prime numbers
c)five Zambian towns that start with k
In groups of five, carry out the following questions:
1 a) Use the set builder notation to describe a set of whole numbers between one and ten
b) Carry out the set operation below, given that: A = {2,4,6,8,10,12}, B = {4,8,12,16} and C ={ 2,6,10,14}
A n (B u C).
c) Illustrate the following in the Venn diagram: 150 pupils participated in different sports as follows: 25 participated in foot ball only, 50 both in foot ball and basket ball, 75 participated in foot ball and net ball and 105 participated in all the games.
Process
Formal definition of a set, click here for a video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNE_rCdZoHQ
set operations click here: www.math-only-math.com/operations-on-sets.html
Evaluation
You having done the set theorm and properties of sets, the tables here will be used to determine your performance
Excellent
Very good Rubric https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubric_(academic)
Good
Average
Below average
Conclusion
The notion of sets is so simple that it is usually introduced informally and regarded as self-evident.however,in set theorem as usual in mathematics sets are given axiomatically thus their existance and basic properties are postulated by the appropriate axioms.
http://www.math.toronto.edu/weiss/set_theory.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8zXWxT_H7A
Credits
Some other sources of information:
Finch. F, Nyilenda. M. N and Potgier. R. (2014).Progress in mathematics 10, Pupil's book. Lusaka: Oxford University Press.
Teacher Page
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Teachers names: Mr Sipeka Joseph. email: Sipeka27@gmail.com Miss Nangachi Nkhowani. email:nangachiwoods@gmail.com Mr Lungu Misheck. email: mishellungu@gmail.com Grade:10A Theory:Constructivism A notion about mathematics Mathematics is easy to learn despite the belief that it is difficult.
Credits. We thank DR. K. Muzundu for the knowledge on set theorem.
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