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Date November 2007 Marks available 2 Reference code 07N.1.sl.TZ0.2
Level SL only Paper 1 Time zone TZ0
Command term List Question number 2 Adapted from N/A

Question

The universal set U is the set of integers from 1 to 20 inclusive.

A and B are subsets of U where:

A is the set of even numbers between 7 and 17.

B is the set of multiples of 3.

List the elements of the following sets:

A,

[1]
a.

List the elements of the following sets:

B,

[1]
b.

List the elements of the following sets:

\(A \cup B\) ,

[2]
c.

List the elements of the following sets:

\(A \cap B'\) .

[2]
d.

Markscheme

A = 8, 10, 12, 14, 16     (A1)     (C1)

[1 mark]

a.

B = 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18     (A1)     (C1)

[1 mark]

b.

\(A \cup B\) = 3, 6, 8, 9,10,12,14,15,16,18     (A2)(ft)

Award (A1) only if a single element is missing or a single extra element is present, (A0) otherwise.     (C2)

[2 marks]

c.

\(B'\) = 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20     (A1)(ft)

\(A \cap B'\) = 8, 10, 14, 16     (A1)(ft)     (C2)

[2 marks]

d.

Examiners report

Parts (a) and (b) were well done although some candidates added 1 as a multiple of 3.

 

a.

Parts (a) and (b) were well done although some candidates added 1 as a multiple of 3.

 

b.

Part (c) was reasonably well attempted although some candidates found the intersection instead of the union.

 

c.

Part (d) was successfully completed by those candidates who managed to find the complement of B correctly. If they had not shown the set containing the complement of B in the working they could not be awarded the method mark.

d.

Syllabus sections

Topic 3 - Logic, sets and probability » 3.5 » Basic concepts of set theory: elements \(x \in A\), subsets \(A \subset B\); intersection \(A\mathop \cap \nolimits B\); union \(A\mathop \cup \nolimits B\); complement \({A'}\) .
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