GCSE Maths Formulae

Area of a Rectangle Area of a Triangle Area of a Area of a Trapezium

Parallelogram
a
length

height height
width height

base base base

length × width 1 1
× base × height base × height 2
× (a + b) × height
2
= lw 1 = bh 1
= 2 bh = 2 (a + b)h

Area of a Circle Circumference of a Circumference of a Volume of a Cuboid

Circle Circle
th
leng

radius radius diameter

height
width
π × radius × radius 2 × π × radius π × diameter length × width × height
= πr² = 2πr = πd = lwh

Volume of a Prism Volume of a Sphere

area of cross section 4 radius
3
× π × radius × radius × radius
area of 4
= 3 πr³
cross
length

section
length Volume of a Cone

1 height
3
× π × radius × radius × height
area of cross section × length 1
= 3 πr²h radius

Volume of a Cylinder Surface Area of a Curved Surface

radius
Sphere Area of a Cone
height

π × radius × radius × height

= πr²h
len

radius
gth

Volume of a Rectangular Based Pyramid

radius
height

1
3 × length × width × height 4 × π × radius × radius π × radius × length
h
leng dt = 4πr² = πrl
= 3 lwh
1 th wi

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Trigonometry Formulae Sine Rule Cosine Rule

opposite
Sin A = hypotenuse
hy
po
opposite

ten a B a B
us adjacent
e Cos A = hypotenuse c C c
C
A A
opposite b b
A Tan A = adjacent
adjacent

a b c
SinA
= SinB = SinC a² = b² + c² − 2bcCosA
o a o
Sin A = h , Cos A = , Tan A = a
h

Area of ANY Triangle Pythagoras' Theorem Values of Trigonometric Functions

hy
0° 30° 45° 60° 90°
po
a B ten
us 1 1 3
c a e sinθ 0 2 2 1
C c 2

b A
3 1 1
b cosθ 1 2 2
0
2
1
2 abSinC a² + b² = c² 1 not
tanθ 0 3 1 3 defined

Quadratic Formula Compound Measures: Compound Measures: Compound Measures:

Speed Density Pressure

For: ax² + bx + c = 0

-b ± b² − 4ac distance mass force

x=
2a

speed time density volume pressure area

Probability Compound Interest

P(A) is Probability of outcome A Principle amount

P(B) is Probability of outcome B

interest rate

number of times the interest is compounded

P(A or B) = P(A) + P(B) − P(A and B)
P(A and B) = P(A given B)P(B) n
Value of Investment = P(1 + 100)
r

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