Wisconsin Mathematics Formula Reference Sheet Shape

Triangle A

Formulas for Area (A) and Circumference (C )

1 bh 2 1 2

base

height

Rectangle

lw

length

width

Trapezoid

1 (b 2 1

+ b2)h

1 2

sum of bases

height

Parallelogram

bh r2 2r

base 2

height

Circle

SA
C

square of radius radius

Figure
Rectangular Prism

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

SV
SA lwh length width height width) 2(length height)

2lw 2hw 2lh 2(length width)

2(height

General Prisms

SV
SA

Bh

area of base

height

sum of the areas of the faces

Right Circular Cylinder

SV
SA

Bh 2B
1 Bh 3

area of base Ch
1 3

height (circumference height)

(2

area of base)

Right Pyramid

SV
SA

area of base

height

1 Pl 2

area of base Right Circular Cone

1 Bh 3 1 3
1 Cl 2

(2

perimeter of base

slant height)

SV
SA

area of base area of base

height (2
1

circumference

slant height)

Sphere

SV
SA

4 3 r 3

4 3

cube of radius square of radius

4r2

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Equations of a Line
Slope-Intercept Form: where m slope and b y mx b

Coordinate Geometry Formulas

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

y-intercept

y2 x2

y1 x1 where x2

x1

midpoint Point-Slope Form: where m y y1 m(x x1) distance slope, (x1, y1) point on line

x1 x 2 y1 y 2 , 2 2

(x2

x1)

(y2

y1)

Combinations and Permutations

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:

nCr

n! r!(n r)!

nPr

n! (n r)!

Formulas for Right Triangles

a c
b c

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

A P r n t
2

sin x

x b

cos x

tan x

a b

Pythagorean Theorem: a2

b2

Special Right Triangles Quadratic Equations

Let ax + bx + c = 0, where a 0.

30

2
45

60

1
distance

opp hyp

Interest Formulas
Simple Interest: A P(1 rt) P 1

adj hyp

Compound Interest: A

r n

nt

opp adj c2

amount (including interest) principal interest rate (expressed as a decimal) number of compoundings per year number of years

45

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

Then x

Distance Traveled
d rt rate time