{
"finish": "Excellent detective work. You formed sets, described them and compared their elements.",
"steps": [
{
"question": "Kato collects three coloured counters. How many elements are in set A?",
"card": "A = {red, blue, green}",
"choices": ["2", "3", "4"],
"answer": 1,
"good": "Correct. Set A has 3 elements.",
"help": "Count each item inside the curly brackets."
},
{
"question": "Which words best describe this set?",
"card": "B = {2, 4, 6, 8}",
"choices": ["odd numbers less than 10", "even numbers less than 10", "numbers greater than 10"],
"answer": 1,
"good": "Yes. B is the set of even numbers less than 10.",
"help": "All the numbers can be divided into two equal groups."
},
{
"question": "Which is the correct way to show a set of fruits?",
"card": "Choose the set notation.",
"choices": ["{mango, banana, orange}", "mango + banana + orange", "mango, banana, orange ="],
"answer": 0,
"good": "Correct. We use curly brackets to show the members of a set.",
"help": "Sets are usually written inside curly brackets: { }."
},
{
"question": "What do we call a set with no elements?",
"card": "C = { }",
"choices": ["a full set", "an empty or null set", "an equal set"],
"answer": 1,
"good": "Correct. A set with no members is called an empty or null set.",
"help": "Look inside the brackets. Are there any members?"
},
{
"question": "Are these two sets equal?",
"card": "D = {1, 2, 3} E = {3, 2, 1}",
"choices": ["Yes, they have the same elements", "No, the order is different", "No, one set is bigger"],
"answer": 0,
"good": "Correct. The order does not matter. Both sets contain 1, 2 and 3.",
"help": "Compare the members, not the order they were written."
},
{
"question": "Are these two sets equivalent?",
"card": "F = {mango, orange, banana} G = {chair, table, desk}",
"choices": ["Yes, both sets have 3 elements", "No, the objects are different", "No, they are empty"],
"answer": 0,
"good": "Yes. Equivalent sets have the same number of elements.",
"help": "Count the members in each set."
},
{
"question": "Which pair of sets is not equivalent?",
"card": "Compare the number of elements.",
"choices": ["{pen, ruler} and {cat, dog}", "{1, 2, 3} and {red, blue}", "{a, b, c} and {4, 5, 6}"],
"answer": 1,
"good": "Correct. One set has 3 elements and the other has 2.",
"help": "Equivalent sets must have the same number of members."
},
{
"question": "Which statement is true?",
"card": "H = {5, 10, 15, 20}",
"choices": ["H has 3 elements", "10 belongs to H", "25 belongs to H"],
"answer": 1,
"good": "Correct. 10 is one of the members of set H.",
"help": "Look carefully at every number inside the brackets."
},
{
"question": "Mia makes a set of classroom objects. Which object belongs in her set?",
"card": "Classroom objects",
"choices": ["desk", "fish", "banana"],
"answer": 0,
"good": "Correct. A desk is a classroom object.",
"help": "Think about what you would find inside a classroom."
},
{
"question": "How many elements are in set J?",
"card": "J = {Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday}",
"choices": ["4", "5", "7"],
"answer": 1,
"good": "Correct. There are 5 school-day names in the set.",
"help": "Count each day in the brackets once."
},
{
"question": "Which set is equal to K?",
"card": "K = {a, e, i}",
"choices": ["{i, a, e}", "{a, e}", "{a, e, i, o}"],
"answer": 0,
"good": "Excellent. Both sets have exactly the same elements.",
"help": "Equal sets contain the same members, even when the order changes."
},
{
"question": "Independent check: Which set has no elements?",
"card": "Choose the empty set.",
"choices": ["{0}", "{ }", "{apple}"],
"answer": 1,
"good": "Correct. The empty brackets show an empty or null set.",
"help": "Try to decide before looking for help."
},
{
"question": "Independent check: Describe this set.",
"card": "L = {Saturday, Sunday}",
"choices": ["the days of the weekend", "the school days", "the months of the year"],
"answer": 0,
"good": "Correct. Saturday and Sunday are the weekend days.",
"help": "Think about when school is usually closed."
},
{
"question": "Independent check: Are these sets equivalent?",
"card": "M = {1, 2, 3, 4} N = {pen, book, ruler, bag}",
"choices": ["Yes", "No", "They are empty"],
"answer": 0,
"good": "Yes. Both sets have 4 elements.",
"help": "Count the members in each set."
},
{
"question": "Independent check: Which set correctly shows the vowels in the word MANGO?",
"card": "MANGO",
"choices": ["{M, N, G}", "{A, O}", "{A, N, O}"],
"answer": 1,
"good": "Brilliant. The vowels in MANGO are A and O.",
"help": "Vowels are a, e, i, o and u."
}
]
}
PRIMARY 4 · MATHS ROOM
Set Detectives
Collect clues, describe sets and discover when two sets are equal or equivalent.
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