ALGEBRA / GEOMETRY FORMULA SHEET

PERIMETER and CIRCUMFERENCE

Perimeter of a Square (p) = 4s Circumference of a Circle (c) = 2 r or C = Perimeter of a Rectangle (p) = 2b + 2h or P = 2l + 2w
[Perimeter / Circumference: Measurement (Distance) around the outside]

AREA of PLANE FIGURES

Area of a Triangle =

bh 2
(b1 + b 2 )h 2

Area of an Equilateral Triangle = Area of a Square = s

2

s2 3 4

Area of a Trapezoid =

Area of a Rectangle = bh Area of a Rhombus =

d1 d2 2

Area of a Parallelogram = bh Area of a Circle =

r 2

SOLIDS
LA = ch SA = LA + 2B V = Bh

[LA Lateral Surface Area, SA Total Surface Area, A = Area, V = Volume, B = Area of Base]

Prism and Cylinders

Pyramids and Cones

pl or *LA = cl 2 2 SA = LA + B

Sphere
4r V= 3

*LA =

A = 4r

2 3

V=

Bh 3

[see these shapes on the back]

3-Dimensional SHAPES [solids]:

Cylinder

Cone
L h

Sphere
r

Cube
h

h r

[note: there are several different types of prisms]

Prism
[one type of prism is a cube]

ALGEBRA / GEOMETRY FORMULA SHEET Ordered Pair (x, y)

Quadrant II (x, +y)

Quadrant I (+x, +y)

Linear Functions:
Slope-Intercept Form Point-Slope Form of an equation
Standard Form of an equation Slope (m): rise run m=
y 2 y1 x 2 x1

y = mx + b y y1 = m(x x1)
Ax + Bx = C
Quadrant III (x, y)

origin

Quadrant IV (+x, y)

Using two points on a graph: Distance (D): D = ( x 2 x 1 ) 2 + ( y 2 y1 ) 2

x + x 2 y1 + y 2 , Midpoint (M): M = 1 2 2

Quadratic Functions:
Quadratic Equation: y = Ax + Bx + C
y

b b 2 4ac Quadratic Formula: x = 2a

[finding the roots]
y

Max. vertex
x

2 Roots
Min. vertex

2 Roots

Interior Angles

Triangle: all angles add up to 1800 Regular Polygon: (n 2)1800

Type # of sides Type # of sides

Quadrilateral Hexagon Octagon

4 6 8

Pentagon Heptagon Decagon

5 7 10

Special Triangles: 30- 60- 90: opp 30 1, opp 60 45- 45- 90: opp 45 1, opp 90

3 , opp 90 2
2
Trig: Right Triangles

opposite leg adjacent leg Trig Ratios: sin = hypotenuse , cos = hypotenuse ,

opposite leg tan = adjacent leg

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