Geometry Formulae

Circles Rectangular Prisms Square-Base Cone, i.e. Reg. Pyramid

bh
Diameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c = 2r Surface Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2lh + 2wh + 2lw Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Circumference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c = πd = 2πr Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v = lwh
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Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a = πr2 Volume diagonal length . . . . . . . d2 = l2 + w2 + h2 Lateral surface area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Squares Circular Prisms Where p = perimeter of the base and l =slant

height.
Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a=s2 Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See “Circles" Total surface area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ps 2
2 +s .
Perimeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p = 4s Lateral surface area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2πrh
Total surface area (for two bases) . 2πrh + 2(πr2 ) Where s = slant height and s = side length
Rectangles Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . πr2 h of the base. √
Frustum volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . h(B1 +B23+ B1 B2 )
Area (h is height and w is width) . . . . . . . . a = hw Spheres
Perimeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p = 2(h + w) Where B1 = area of one of the bases and
4πr3
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 B2 = area of the other.
Triangles Surface area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4πr2
Oh yeah and the trapezoid
Pythagoras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c2 = + a2 b2 Circle-base cones
h(a+b
Sine Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . opp/hyp Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
πr2 h
Cosine Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . adj/hyp Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Tangent Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . opp/adj Lateral surface area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . πrs Links
Law of Sines . . . . . . . . . sin(a6 A) = sin(b6 B) = sin(c6 C) https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=
Where s = slant height. (Hint: Use Pythagoras). cube+root+christopher+walken+curve
(Reciprocals are used to find angles.) Then add the circular base if needed.
Law of Cosines for sides a2 = b2 + c2 − 2bc(cos 6 A)
1 2 πh(r2 +r r +r2 )
Frustum volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
3
2

b2 +c2 −a2
Law of Cosines for angles . . . . cos(6 A) = 2bc Where r1 = lower base radius and r2 = upper base
p radius.
Heron’s Formula . . . . A = s(s − a)(s − b)(s − c)
Frustum lateral surface area . . . . . . . . . sπ(r1 + rr )