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AREA AND VOLUME FORMULAS

Areas of Plane Figures Square Rectangle Parallelogram

h b

A = s2 Triangle

A=lw Trapezoid
b1

A=bh Circle

h b
b2

r
h

A=bh

A = (b1 + b2) h

A = r2

( 3.14 or )

Circumference: C = 2r = d Volumes of Solid Figures Cube Rectangular Solid

s s s

h l

V = s3

V=lwh

Surface Area = 2(l w) + 2(l h) + 2(w h)

Prism Triangular Prism Trapezoidal Prism

B
h

V = B h, where B = area of base Pyramid Rectangular Pyramid Triangular Pyramid Cone

h h B B

V = 1/3 B h, where B = area of base Cylinder

V = 1/3 r2h Sphere

V = r2h

V = 4/3 r3