MATHEMATICS FORMULAS

Formula Description

1 Volume of a right cone and a pyramid

V= Bh
3

V = Bh Volume of a cylinder and prism

4 3 Volume of a sphere
V= πr
3

A = 2πrh + 2πr 2 Surface area of a cylinder

A = 4πr 2 Surface area of a sphere

A = πr r 2 + h 2 = πr ℓ Lateral surface area of a right circular cone

d= ( x 2 – x 1 )2 + ( y 2 – y 1 )2 Distance formula

⎛ x1 + x 2 y 1 + y 2 ⎞
⎜ , ⎟ Midpoint formula
⎝ 2 2 ⎠

–b ± b 2 – 4ac Quadratic formula

x=
2a

n n(a1 + an )
Sn = [2a1 + (n – 1)d] = Sum of an arithmetic series
2 2

a(1 – r n ) Sum of geometric series

Sn =
1– r

∑ ar n a
= , ⏐r⏐ < 1 Sum of an infinite geometric series
1– r
n=0

a b c Law of sines
= =
sin A sin B sin C

c 2 = a 2 + b 2 – 2ab cos C Law of cosines

(x – h) 2 + (y – k) 2 = r 2 Equation of a circle

(y – k) = 4c(x – h)2 Equation of a parabola

( x – h)2 (y – k )2
+ =1 Equation of an ellipse
a2 b2

( x – h)2 ( y – k )2 Equation of a hyperbola

– =1
a2 b2