1. Set Notation and Set Operations
Honors Precalculus
Mrs. Agnew
January 4, 2017

2. Essential Stuff
Essential Question: How can objects be collected and arranged?
Essential Vocabulary:
Set
Interval Notation
Set Builder Notation
Union
Intersection
Complement

3. The Real Number System The real number system includes: Real Numbers
Rational and Irrational Numbers
Integers
Whole Numbers
Natural Numbers

4. Set Notation A set is a collection of objects.
Three ways to write a set are
List Notation
Set Builder Notation
Interval Notation
Examples

5. Set Operations
Intersection: The intersection of two sets includes all of the objects the sets have in common.
Union: The union of two sets includes all of the objects that are in either set or in both sets.
Complement: The complement of a set includes all of the objects that are not in the given set.
Universal Set: The set of possible values that could appear in an intersection, union, or compliment.
Examples

6. Homework:
Set Notation and Set Operations Worksheet