NECO Mathematics · Number and Numeration
Sets: NECO Mathematics Past Questions and Answers
What the WAEC syllabus covers in Sets
Our summary: Grouping things into sets and using Venn diagrams to solve everyday counting problems.
- Idea of sets, universal sets, finite and infinite sets, subsets, empty sets, and disjoint sets. Idea of and notation for union, intersection and complement of sets.
- Solution of practical problems involving classification using Venn diagrams
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NECO Mathematics questions on Sets
- NECO 2008P = x:(x - 2)(x + 3) (x - 4)(x + 5) = 0 . The elements in P are
- NECO 2005If A(I,2,3, … ,10) ; B = (-5,-4, … ,-1) ; C = (-1, 0, 1, 2, … 5) List all the elements in (B ∪ C) ∩ A
- NECO 2005If a = x : 1 < x < 9 ; b = x : 0 < x < 9 ; C = x : 2 x < 9 and a, b, c U, what are the elements in U?
- NECO 2002Given that the universal set U= 14,15,16,17,18,19,20 , J = 16,19,20 and K= 14,15,18 , find (J' ∩ K')1.
- NECO 2001If n A = 6, n B = 5 and n A ∩ B = 2, find n A ∪ B
Years with Sets questions in DeeepSolve's question bank
From the past questions DeeepSolve holds, not a count of everything the exam body has set.
- 2008
- 2005
- 2002
- 2001