Formula Reference Sheet

Shape

Formulas for Area (A) and Circumference (C)

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Triangle

A
2 bh
2  base  height

Rectangle

A
lw
length  width

Trapezoid

A
2 (b1 + b2)h
2  sum of bases  height

Parallelogram

A
bh
base  height

Circle

A
r2
 square of radius
C
2r
2   radius
C
d
 diameter

Figure
Rectangular Prism

Formulas for Volume (V) and Surface Area (SA)

SV
lwh
length  width  height
SA
2lw  2hw  2lh

2(length  width)  2(height  width)  2(length  height)
SV
Bh
area of base  height

General
Prisms

SA
sum of the areas of the faces

Right Circular
Cylinder

SV
Bh = area of base  height

Square Pyramid

SV
3 Bh
3  area of base  height

SA
2B  Ch
(2  area of base)  (circumference  height)

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SA
B  2 Pl
1

area of base  ( 2  perimeter of base  slant height)
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Right Circular
Cone

SV
3 Bh
3  area of base  height

Sphere

SV
3 r3
3   cube of radius
SA
4r2
4   square of radius

SA
B  2 Cl
area of base  ( 2  circumference  slant height)

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Equations of a Line
Standard Form:

Coordinate Geometry Formulas

Let (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) be two points
in the plane.

Ax  By
C
where A and B are not both zero
Slope-Intercept Form:

y2 y1
slope
x x where x2  x1
2
1

y
mx  b or y
b  mx
where m
slope and b
y-intercept
Point-Slope Form:
y y1
m(x x1)
where m
slope, (x1, y1)
point on line

Distance Traveled
d
rt
distance
rate time

Simple Interest

x1 + x 2 y 1 + y 2
,
midpoint

2
2

distance

(x2 x1)2 + (y2 y1)2

Polygon Angle Formulas

Sum of degree measures of the interior
angles of a polygon:
180(n 2)
Degree measure of an interior angle of
a regular polygon:

interest
principal interest rate time

180(n 2)
n
where n is the number of sides of the polygon

Formulas for Right Triangles

Special Triangles

I
prt

B
c

Pythagorean Theorem:
a2  b2
c2

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sin A = ac =

opposite

hypotenuse

cos A = bc =

adjacent

hypotenuse

2a

60

45
a 3

45
a

opposite
tan A = a =

adjacent
b

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