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Writing Sets: Roster, Rule and the Empty Set Worksheet with Answer Key

8 problems on writing sets by roster and by rule: listing elements, using an ellipsis, counting elements, finite and infinite sets, matching descriptions to the same set, and the empty set. 3 pages, with a worked answer key and a one-page lesson handout. Free to download, no sign-in.

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What's on the worksheet

  1. Write the multiples of 4 between 11 and 50 as a roster and count them.
  2. Write each set as a roster and say how many elements it has.
  3. Hannah's piggy bank: write the set of possible amounts as a roster.
  4. Describe a set with dots at both ends by a rule in words, and decide if it is finite.
  5. Sort eight descriptions into groups that name the same set.
  6. Decide which of five students' rules name exactly the given set.
  7. Find what is wrong with Liam's roster for numbers between 0 and 1.
  8. Write each set built from the set A as a roster and say if it is finite or infinite.

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