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Secondary 4 topics from the O-Level Mathematics 4052 syllabus. Every question below has a full worked solution.

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Example 1

Given that C={x:C = \{x : x is a perfect square such that 0<x≤67}0 < x \leq 67\}, find n(C)n(C).
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  • A perfect square is the square of a positive integer.
  • List the perfect squares in order and stop when they exceed the limit:
  • C={1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64}C = \{1,\ 4,\ 9,\ 16,\ 25,\ 36,\ 49,\ 64\}
  • Count the elements: there are 88 elements.
  • n(C)=8n(C) = 8

Answer: 88

Example 2

The universal set is ξ={x:x is a positive integer,x≤39}\xi = \{x : x \text{ is a positive integer}, x \leq 39\} and A={x:x is a multiple of 12,x∈ξ}A = \{x : x \text{ is a multiple of } 12, x \in \xi\}. Find n(A′)n(A').
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  • n(ξ)=39n(\xi) = 39 (there are 3939 positive integers from 11 to 3939)
  • The multiples of 1212 in ξ\xi are: 12, 24, 3612,\ 24,\ 36
  • n(A)=3n(A) = 3
  • Using n(A′)=n(ξ)−n(A)complement formulan(A') = n(\xi) - n(A) \quad \scriptsize\textit{complement formula}
  • n(A′)=39−3n(A') = 39 - 3
  • n(A′)=36n(A') = 36

Answer: 3636

Example 3

AA is the set of prime numbers less than 1515, and BB is the set of odd numbers less than 1515. Find n(A∩B)n(A \cap B).
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  • A={2,3,5,7,11,13}primes less than 15A = \{2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13\} \quad \scriptsize\textit{primes less than 15}
  • B={1,3,5,7,9,11,13}odd numbers less than 15B = \{1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13\} \quad \scriptsize\textit{odd numbers less than 15}
  • A∩BA \cap B contains elements that are both prime and odd.
  • Note: 22 is the only even prime; all other primes are odd.
  • A∩B={3,5,7,11,13}A \cap B = \{3, 5, 7, 11, 13\}
  • n(A∩B)=5n(A \cap B) = 5

Answer: 55

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O-Level Mathematics (4052), for Singapore secondary students. Math Amigo covers Secondary 1 to 4, both O-Level Mathematics and Additional Mathematics.

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