Area List of formulae

Common formulae for area:
Shape Formula Variables
Regular triangle(equilateral
triangle)
s is the length of one side of the triangle.

Triangle
s is half the perimeter, a, b and c are the length
of each side.
Triangle
a and b are any two sides, and C is the angle
between them.
Triangle
b and h are the base and altitude (measured
perpendicular to the base), respectively.
Square s is the length of one side of the square.
Rectangle
l and w are the lengths of the rectangle's sides
(length and width).
Rhombus
a and b are the lengths of the two diagonals of
the rhombus.
Parallelogram
b is the length of the base and h is the
perpendicular height.
Trapezoid
a and b are the parallel sides and h the distance
(height) between the parallels.
Regular hexagon s is the length of one side of the hexagon.
Regular octagon s is the length of one side of the octagon.

s is the sidelength and n is the number of sides.

Regular polygon
a is the apothem, or the radius of an inscribed
circle in the polygon, and p is the perimeter of
the polygon.

Circle r is the radius and d the diameter.

Circular sector
r and θ are the radius and angle (in radians),
respectively.
Ellipse
a and b are the semi-major and semi-minoraxes,
respectively.
Total surface area of
a Cylinder
r and h are the radius and height, respectively.
Lateral surface area of a
cylinder
r and h are the radius and height, respectively.

Total surface area of a Cone

r and l are the radius and slant height,
respectively.
Lateral surface area of a cone
r and l are the radius and slant height,
respectively.
Total surface area of a Sphere
r and d are the radius and diameter,
respectively.
Total surface area of
  See the article.
an ellipsoid
Total surface area of B is the base area, P is the base perimeter
a Pyramid andL is the slant height.
Square to circular area
conversion
A is the area of the square in square units.

Circular to square area

conversion
C is the area of the circle in circular units.

Volume formulas
 Shape Volume formula Variables

h = any dimension of the figure,

A(h) = area of the cross-sections
perpendicular to h described as a
Any figure
function of the position along h.
(calculusrequired)
(This will work for any figure if its
cross-sectional area can be determined
from h).

Cube a = length of any side (or edge)

Cylinder r = radius of circular face, h = height

Prism B = area of the base, h = height

Rectangular
l = length, w = width, h = height
prism

r = radius of sphere

Sphere which is the integral of the Surface
Area of a sphere

Ellipsoid a, b, c = semi-axes of ellipsoid

B = area of the base, h = height of

Pyramid
pyramid

r = radius of circle at base, h = distance

Cone
from base to tip

Tetrahedron[4] edge length a

 a, b, and c are the parallelepiped edge
Parallelpiped lengths, and α, β, and γ are the internal
angles between the edges

The units of volume depend on the units of length. If the lengths are in meters, the volume will be
in cubic meters.

Perimeter Formulas
 shape formula variables

circle where r is the radius.

where a, b and c are the lengths of the sides of

triangle
the triangle.

square 4l where l is the side length

rectangle 2l + 2w where l is the length and w is the width

equilateral where n is the number of sides and a is the

polygon length of one of the sides.

where n is the number of sides and b is the

regular polygon distance between center of the polygon and one
of the vertices of the polygon.

where ai is the length of the i-th (1st, 2nd,

generalpolygon
3rd ... n-th) side of an n-sided polygon.