Can anyone explain what a Venn Diagram is?

[earlgrey]

We had our parents' night on Monday, but our wonderful teacher forgot dd2's report, so we only got it yesterday.

I don't know what it is, but apparently she does it (can do it???) quite well. I'm clueless. TIA.

[Spagblog]

Errrrm, aren't they circles in which things can be grouped?
Try googling it!

[eldestgirl]

They are overlapping circles which illustrate the relationships between numbers. eg the common denominator would go into the middle, and be part of all the other circles.

[Blandmum]

So for example you could have a diagrom that describes what people were wearing as they walked down the road. One circle is the total number of people wearing a hat, one would be the total number of people wearing a coat , and the overlap shows the number wearing both a hat and a coat

[earlgrey]

Errrrm, thank you! Glad she knows what it's all about, anyway!

[Emma7]

...and those who are not wearing either a hat or a coat go around the edge outside the circles

[Blackduck]

Here you go venn