Formula Reference Sheet

Shape Formulas for Area (A) and Circumference (C)

1 1
Triangle A
2 bh
2  base  height

Rectangle A
lw
length  width

1 1
Trapezoid A
2 (b1 + b2)h
2  sum of bases  height

Parallelogram A
bh
base  height

A
πr2
π  square of radius

Circle C
2πr
2  π  radius
C
πd
π  diameter

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

Rectangular Prism SV
lwh
length  width  height

SA
2lw  2hw  2lh

2(length  width)  2(height  width)  2(length  height)

General SV
Bh
area of base  height

Prisms SA
sum of the areas of the faces

Right Circular SV
Bh = area of base  height

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

1 1
Square Pyramid SV
3 Bh
3  area of base  height
1
SA
B  2 Pl
1

area of base  ( 2  perimeter of base  slant height)

1 1
Right Circular SV
3 Bh
3  area of base  height
Cone
1 1
SA
B  2 Cl
area of base  ( 2  circumference  slant height)

4 4
Sphere SV
3 πr3
3  π  cube of radius
SA
4πr2
4  π  square of radius

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 Equations of a Line Coordinate Geometry Formulas
Standard Form: Let (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) be two points
in the plane.
Ax  By
C
where A and B are not both zero y2 – y1
slope
x – x where x2  x1
Slope-Intercept Form: 2 1

y
mx  b or y
b  mx
where m
slope and b
y-intercept  x1 + x 2 y 1 + y 2 
midpoint
 ,
2 2 
Point-Slope Form:
y – y1
m(x – x1)
where m
slope, (x1, y1)
point on line
distance
(x2 – x1)2 + (y2 – y1)2

Distance Traveled Polygon Angle Formulas

d
rt Sum of degree measures of the interior
angles of a polygon:
distance
rate × time
180(n – 2)
Degree measure of an interior angle of
a regular polygon:
Simple Interest
180(n – 2)
I
prt n
interest
principal × interest rate × time where n is the number of sides of the polygon

Formulas for Right Triangles Special Triangles

B
c Pythagorean Theorem:
a
a2  b2
c2
A C
b
30˚ 45˚

opposite  2a a 3
sin A = ac =

  a 2 a
hypotenuse 

adjacent  45˚
cos A = bc = 60˚

 
hypotenuse  a a

opposite 
tan A = a =

 
b adjacent 

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