MATHEMATICS FORMULAE IN SPM EXAM PAPER 2

The following formulae may be helpful in answering the questions. The symbols given are
the ones commonly used.

RELATIONS

1 a m  a n  a m n

2 a m  a n  a mn

3 (a m ) n  a mn

1  d  b
4 A1   
ad  bc   c a 

n( A)
5 P( A) 
n( S )

6 P( A' )  1  P( A)

7 Distance = ( x1  x 2 ) 2  ( y1  y 2 ) 2

 x  x2 y1  y 2 
8 Midpoint, ( x, y )   1 , 
 2 2 

distance travelled
9 Average speed =
time taken

sum of data
10 Mean =
number of data

Sum of ( class midpoint  frequency)

11 Mean =
sum of frequencies

12 Pythagoras Theorem c 2  a 2  b 2

y 2  y1
13 m
x 2  x1

y  intercept
14 m
x  intercept
 SHAPES AND SPACE

1
1 Area of trapezium =  sum of parallel sides  height
2

2 Circumference of circle =  d  2 r

3 Area of circle =  r2

4 Curved surface area of cylinder = 2 rh

5 Surface area of sphere = 4 r 2

6 Volume of right prism = cross sectional area  length

7 Volume of cylinder =  r 2h

1 2
8 Volume of cone = r h
3

4 3
9 Volume of sphere = r
3

1
10 Volume of right pyramid =  base area x height
3

11 Sum of interior angles of a polygon = (n  2)  180 

arc length angle subtended at centre

12 
circumference of circle 360

area of sector angle subtended at centre

13 
area of circle 360

PA'
14 Scale factor, k 
PA

15 Area of image = k 2  area of object