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 Mensuration

circumference
of a circle 𝐶𝐶 = 2𝜋𝜋𝜋𝜋 area of a circle 𝐴𝐴 = 𝜋𝜋𝑟𝑟 2

area of a 1
𝐴𝐴 = 𝑏𝑏ℎ area of a trapezium 𝐴𝐴 = 2 (𝑎𝑎 + 𝑏𝑏)ℎ
parallelogram

1 total surface area of a

area of a triangle 𝐴𝐴 = 2 𝑏𝑏ℎ
cone
𝑆𝑆 = 𝜋𝜋𝜋𝜋𝜋𝜋 + 𝜋𝜋𝑟𝑟 2

total surface area surface area

of a cylinder
𝑆𝑆 = 2𝜋𝜋𝜋𝜋ℎ + 2𝜋𝜋𝑟𝑟 2 of a sphere
𝑆𝑆 = 4𝜋𝜋𝑟𝑟 2

1
volume of a cone 𝑉𝑉 = 3 𝜋𝜋𝑟𝑟 2 ℎ volume of a cylinder 𝑉𝑉 = 𝜋𝜋𝑟𝑟 2 ℎ
1
volume of a prism 𝑉𝑉 = 𝐴𝐴ℎ volume of a pyramid 𝑉𝑉 = 𝐴𝐴ℎ
3
4
volume of a sphere 𝑉𝑉 = 3 𝜋𝜋𝑟𝑟 3

𝑎𝑎 + 𝑏𝑏 + 𝑐𝑐
Heron’s rule 𝐴𝐴 = �𝑠𝑠(𝑠𝑠 − 𝑎𝑎)(𝑠𝑠 − 𝑏𝑏)(𝑠𝑠 − 𝑐𝑐), where 𝑠𝑠 =
2
Earth geometry 𝐷𝐷 = 111.2 × angular distance 𝐷𝐷 = 111.2 cos 𝜃𝜃 × angular distance

Finance

simple interest 𝐼𝐼 = 𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃 compound interest 𝐴𝐴 = 𝑃𝑃(1 + 𝑖𝑖)𝑛𝑛

effective annual 𝑖𝑖 𝑛𝑛 dividend
𝑖𝑖effective = �1 + � −1 dividend yield × 100
rate of interest 𝑛𝑛 share price
price to earnings market price per share
ratio (of a share)
P⁄E ratio =
annual earnings per share
recurrence relation recurrence relation
for reducing 𝐴𝐴𝑛𝑛+1 = 𝑟𝑟𝐴𝐴𝑛𝑛 − 𝑅𝑅 for compound 𝐴𝐴𝑛𝑛+1 = 𝑟𝑟𝐴𝐴𝑛𝑛
balance loans interest

recurrence relation
for annuities
𝐴𝐴𝑛𝑛+1 = 𝑟𝑟𝐴𝐴𝑛𝑛 + 𝑑𝑑

(1 + 𝑖𝑖 )𝑛𝑛 − 1 1 − (1 + 𝑖𝑖)−𝑛𝑛
annuities 𝐴𝐴 = 𝑀𝑀 � � 𝐴𝐴 = 𝑀𝑀 � �
𝑖𝑖 𝑖𝑖

Sequences

arithmetic
sequence
𝑡𝑡𝑛𝑛 = 𝑡𝑡1 + (𝑛𝑛 − 1)𝑑𝑑

geometric
sequence
𝑡𝑡𝑛𝑛 = 𝑡𝑡1 𝑟𝑟 (𝑛𝑛−1)

Networks and matrices

Euler’s formula 𝑣𝑣 + 𝑓𝑓 − 𝑒𝑒 = 2

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 Trigonometry

Pythagoras’
theorem 𝑐𝑐 2 = 𝑎𝑎 2 + 𝑏𝑏2

trigonometric adjacent opposite opposite

cos 𝜃𝜃 = sin 𝜃𝜃 = tan 𝜃𝜃 =
ratios hypotenuse hypotenuse adjacent
cosine rule 𝑐𝑐 2 = 𝑎𝑎 2 + 𝑏𝑏2 − 2𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 cos 𝐶𝐶

𝑎𝑎 𝑏𝑏 𝑐𝑐
sine rule = =
sin 𝐴𝐴 sin 𝐵𝐵 sin 𝐶𝐶
1
area of a triangle area = 2 𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 sin 𝐴𝐴

Statistics
∑ 𝑥𝑥𝑖𝑖
mean 𝑥𝑥̅ =
𝑛𝑛

median
𝑛𝑛 + 1 th
� � data value
2
least-squares ∑(𝑥𝑥𝑖𝑖 − 𝑥𝑥̅ )(𝑦𝑦𝑖𝑖 − 𝑦𝑦�) 𝑠𝑠𝑦𝑦
𝑏𝑏 = = 𝑟𝑟
line (slope) ∑(𝑥𝑥𝑖𝑖 − 𝑥𝑥̅ )2 𝑠𝑠𝑥𝑥
least-squares
𝑎𝑎 = 𝑦𝑦� − 𝑏𝑏𝑥𝑥̅
line (intercept)

correlation 1 𝑥𝑥𝑖𝑖 − 𝑥𝑥̅ 𝑦𝑦𝑖𝑖 − 𝑦𝑦�

𝑟𝑟 = �� �� �
coefficient (r ) 𝑛𝑛 − 1 𝑠𝑠𝑥𝑥 𝑠𝑠𝑦𝑦

standard ∑(𝑥𝑥𝑖𝑖 − 𝑥𝑥̅ )2

deviation 𝑠𝑠 = �
𝑛𝑛 − 1

outliers
(identifying)
Q1 − 1.5 × IQR ≤ 𝑥𝑥 ≤ Q3 + 1.5 × IQR

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