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Geometric shapes
This is a short list of some common mathematical shapes and figures and the formulas that describe them.
Two-dimensional shapes
| Shape |
Area |
Perimeter/Circumference
|
| Square |
A = side x side |
P = 4 x side
|
| Rectangle |
A = l × w |
P = 2l + 2w
|
| Circle |
A = π × |
C = 2 × π × r
|
| Ellipse (where a is the semimajor axis and b is the semiminor axis) |
A = π × a × b |
|
| Triangle |
A = ½ × b × h |
P = a + b + c
|
| Parallelogram b = base, h = height, a = side |
A = b × h |
P = 2a + 2b
|
| Trapezoid (where a and b are the bases) |
A = ½(a + b) × h |
|
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Three-dimensional shapes
| Shape |
Volume |
Surface area
|
| Cube |
|
|
| Rectangular Prism l = length, h = height, w = width |
V = l × w × h |
S = 2lw + 2lh + 2wh
|
| Sphere |
V = () π |
4π
|
| Right Circular Cylinder |
V = π × × h |
S = 2π rh + 2π
|
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LaTeX markup (for writer/editors)
Circle (area and circumfrence)
Sphere (area and volume)
References