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Describe regions in Venn diagrams representing non-mutually exclusive attributes

There are 3 popular sports teams at Hamish’s school. He would like to survey his class to determine which students play these 3 sports. He has drawn a Venn diagram but he hasn’t written in the numbers yet.

For each of the diagrams below, describe what the coloured area represents.

Three overlapping circles, labelled Soccer, Volleyball and Hockey, in a rectangle; the circles Soccer and Volleyball are coloured green, including where they overlap with other circles.

The coloured area represents students who play soccer, or volleyball, or both.

Three overlapping circles, labelled Soccer, Volleyball and Hockey, in a rectangle; the segment where the 3 circles overlap is coloured green.

The coloured area represents students who play all three sports.

Three overlapping circles, labelled Soccer, Volleyball and Hockey, in a rectangle; the segments where Soccer and Volleyball overlap and where the three circles overlap are green.

The coloured area represents students who play both soccer and volleyball.

Three overlapping circles, labelled Soccer, Volleyball and Hockey, in a rectangle; the segment where only the Soccer and Volley ball circles overlap is coloured green.

The coloured area represents students who play both soccer and volleyball, but not hockey.