Venn diagrams
What Venn diagrams means in Mathematics A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel, WJEC.
Definitions of Venn diagrams
Exam boards and our study guides word this term in slightly different ways. Learn the version your board uses.
Check what you remember
Read the wording for your board, then hide it and explain Venn diagrams in your own words. Rough notes are fine. This is a self-check, with no mark or grade.
Reference: WJEC
Visually represent a sample space and compound events as intersecting regions, dividing the universal set into mutually disjoint compartments.
Display intersections and unions as regions, so P(A | B) is the proportion of the B region that also lies in A.
Topics that use Venn diagrams
- Probability (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
- Probability (AS Unit 2: Applied Mathematics A) (WJEC A-Level)
Related terms
- Independent events
- mutually exclusive events
- addition rule
- Binomial distribution
- Conditional probability
- continuity correction
- Discrete distributions
- Event
Using Venn diagrams in the exam
Check the command word and mark scheme for your exact question. After comparing your explanation with the reference, use the term in an answer on the linked topic. This practice does not predict an exam mark.
Practise Mathematics questions
Create a free account to answer exam-style questions on this topic and get feedback on your answers.
A week of Premium from your first lesson · Then the free plan continues · No card, no charge