Wisconsin Mathematics Formula Reference Sheet

Shape

Formulas for Area (A) and Circumference (C )

1

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

SA
r2
 square of radius

Circle

C
2r
2   radius

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)

General
Prisms

Right Circular
Cylinder

Right Pyramid

SV
Bh
area of base  height

SA
sum of the areas of the faces

SV
Bh
area of base  height

SA
2B  Ch
(2  area of base)  (circumference  height)
1

SV
3Bh
3  area of base  height

1

SA
B  2 Pl

area of base  (2  perimeter of base  slant height)

Right Circular
Cone

SV
3Bh
3  area of base  height

1

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

Sphere

SV
3r3
3   cube of radius

SA
4r2
4   square of radius

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Equations of a Line
Slope-Intercept Form:

Coordinate Geometry Formulas

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

y
mx  b

y2  y1
slope
x  x where x2  x1
2
1

where m
slope and b
y-intercept

x 1 x 2

Point-Slope Form:

midpoint

y  y1
m(x  x1)

where m
slope, (x1, y1)
point on line

Combinations and Permutations

n!
nCr
r!(nr)!

distance

n!
nPr
(nr)!

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

tan x

Interest Formulas
Simple Interest: A
P(1  rt)

A
amount (including interest)

P
principal
r
interest rate (expressed as a decimal)
n
number of compoundings per year
t
number of years

adj
b
cos x
c

hyp

(x2  x1)2  (y2  y1)2

Polygon Angle Formulas

opp
a
sin x
c

hyp

y 1 y 2
2

Sum of degree measures of the interior

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

Formulas for Right Triangles

opp
a

adj
b

Pythagorean Theorem: a2  b2
c2

r
Compound Interest: A
P 1  n

nt

Special Right Triangles

Quadratic Equations
Let ax + bx + c = 0, where a  0.
2

b
Then x

30

45

b2  4ac
2a
x-coordinate of vertex =  b
2a

Distance Traveled
45

60

d
rt
distance
rate  time