Transcript 1.1 & 1.2

1.1 – SETS AND SYMBOLS
Goals



SWBAT understand basic set notation and set
symbols
SWBAT solve simple sentences with a given
domain
SWBAT graph sets of numbers on a number line.
IMPORTANT DEFINITIONS

A set is a well-defined collection of objects.

Each object in the set is called an element.

Set notation uses braces.

Example:
1, 3, 8,13
WAYS TO SPECIFY A SET
1. List the names of its members within braces.
(roster)
Example:
1, 2, 3
2. A rule or description of its members.
Example:
all numbers greater than 1
3. By a graph. (Covered in 1.2)
COMMON SET SYMBOLS


Read as: “the set whose members are”
 Meaning: a collection or set



Read as: “is a member of” or “is an element of”
 Meaning: is in the collection or set

COMMON SET SYMBOLS
A B

Read as: “A is a subset of B”
 Meaning: Every member of A is a member of B. For
every set A, A is a subset of A.



or

Read as: “the null set” or “the empty set”
 The set that contains no elements. The empty set is
considered a subset of every set.

COMMON SET SYMBOLS
AB

Read as: “A is equal to B”
 Meaning: A and B contain exactly the same elements

/

Read as: “is not”
 Meaning: used with other symbols to show negation:


, ,
COMMON SET SYMBOLS
AB

Read as: “A intersect B”
 Meaning: The set of elements belonging to both A and
B.

AB

Read as: “A union B”
 Meaning: The set of elements in at least one of the
given sets.

TRUE OR FALSE?
 1 3 
1  2, , , 4 
 2 3 
TRUE OR FALSE?
3, 4,5 odd integers
TRUE OR FALSE?
 1 1 1
0.25   ,  , 0, 
 2 4 3
TRUE OR FALSE?
real numbers integers
1.2 – OPEN SENTENCES AND
GRAPHS
DEFINITIONS
 An
expression is a number, a variable, or a
sum, difference, product, or quotient that
contains one or more variables.
Examples: 7  9,
4 x
,
3
5 y  7   2,
4  12
DEFINITIONS

A variable
is a symbol, usually a letter, that
represents any of the members of a specified set. This
set is called the domain of the variable, and its
members are called the values
of the variable.
DEFINITIONS
A
mathematical
sentence is a group of
symbols that states a relationship between two
mathematical expressions. These can be either
true or false.
Examples:
3 2
 , 1  2  17, 14  8  6
4 5
DEFINITIONS
 An
open sentence is a mathematical sentence
that contains one or more variables. An open
sentence cannot be determined true or false
without knowing what value the variable
represents.
Examples:
x  7  4, m  p  2m  5, h  93
DEFINITIONS
The values of the variable that make an open
sentence true are called the solutions of the
open sentence.
 The
solution
set is the set of all solutions
that make the open sentence true.
 To
solve an open sentence over a given
domain, find the solution set using this domain.

QUESTIONS 1-4: SOLVE THE OPEN SENTENCE
2,3,4,5
OVER THE DOMAIN
1.
2x  3  7
2.
8t  6t  2t
3.
n  1 is an integer
3
4.
y  y 1
DEFINITIONS
A
real number is any number that is positive,
negative, or zero.
 Subsets
of Real Numbers:
 Natural Numbers:1,2,3,...
 Whole
Numbers: 0,1,2,3,...
 Integers:
...,3,2,1,0,1,2,3,...

It can be useful to graph the solution set of an
open sentence on a number line.
5. Graph each subset of the real numbers on a
number line.
a. Natural Numbers
b. Whole Numbers
c. Integers
GRAPH EACH SET OF NUMBERS ON THE
NUMBER LINE.
6.
3 
 5
 ,1, ,3
2 
 2
7. The set of integers that are multiples of 4.
SOLVE EACH OPEN SENTENCE OVER THE SET OF
POSITIVE INTEGERS AND GRAPH THE SOLUTION SET.
8.
25  y  9
9.
z 5
10.
2
2
h
2
Is an integer