How to use a Venn Diagram

Practice Questions

ISEE Upper Level (grades 9-12) Quantitative Reasoning › How to use a Venn Diagram

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Venn

In the above Venn diagram, the universal set is defined as . Each of the eight letters is placed in its correct region.

What is ?

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In a group of people, have a laptop and have a tablet. Of those people who have a laptop or a tablet, have both. How many people in the total group have neither a laptop nor a tablet?

3

In a group of plants, are green, have large leaves, and are both green and have large leaves. How many plants are green without large leaves?

4

In a group of people, have books, have pens, and have neither books nor pens. How many people in the group have only books?

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Venn 2

Examine the above Venn diagram. Let universal set represent the set of all words in the English language.

Let be the set of all words whose last letter is a vowel. Let be the set of all words whose first letter is a consonant. Let be the set of all words exactly six letters in length.

Which of the following would be a subset of the set represented by the shaded region in the diagram?

Note: for purposes of this question, "Y" is considered a consonant.

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Venn 2

Examine the above Venn diagram. Let be the universal set of the Presidents of the United States. is the set of all Presidents born in Virginia; is the set of all Presidents born after 1850; is the set of all Presidents whose first name was or is James.

James Abram Garfield was born in Ohio in 1831. In which region would he fall?

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Venn 2

Examine the above Venn diagram. Let be the universal set of the Presidents of the United States. is the set of all Presidents born in Virginia; is the set of all Presidents born after 1850; is the set of all Presidents whose first name was or is James.

James Earl Carter was born in Georgia in 1924. In which region would he fall?

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Venn 2

Examine the above Venn diagram. Let universal set represent the set of all words in the English language.

Let be the set of all words whose last letter is a consonant. Let be the set of all words whose first letter is a vowel. Let be the set of all words exactly five letters in length.

Which of the following would be a subset of the set represented by the shaded region in the diagram?

Note: for purposes of this question, "Y" is considered a consonant.

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In a school of students, students take Greek, take Old English, and take neither. How many take both?

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Venn

Let the universal set be the set of all positive integers. Define:

Examine the above Venn diagram. If each integer was to be placed in its correct region, which of the following would be placed in the gray area?

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