GCSE Maths Formulae

All lengths are in cm.

Area of a Rectangle

Area of a Parallelogram

Area of a Triangle

Area of a Trapezium

Volume of a Cuboid

Volume of a Prism

\(V = \text{area of cross section} × \text{length} \)

Volume of a Cylinder

\[V = \pi r^2h \]

Volume of a Pyramid

\(V = \frac{1}{3} × \text{area of base} × h \)

Circumference of a Circle

\[C = \pi D\ \] \[\text{ or } \] \[C = 2 \pi r\]

Area of a Circle

\[A = \pi r^2 \]

Speed, Distance, Time

\[\text{speed} = \frac{\text{distance}}{\text{time}} \]

Density, Mass, Volume

\[\text{density} = \frac{\text{mass}}{\text{volume}} \]

Trigonometric Ratios

\[\sin x° = \frac{opp}{hyp}\] \[\cos x° = \frac{adj}{hyp}\] \[\tan x° = \frac{opp}{adj}\]

Sine Rule

\(\frac{\sin A}{a} = \frac{\sin B}{b} = \frac{\sin C}{c} \)

Cosine Rule

\(a^2 = b^2 + c^2 - 2bc \cos A \)

Area of a triangle

\(\text{Area of triangle} = \frac{1}{2}ab \sin C \)

Pythagoras Theorem

\(\text{For a right-angled triangle,}\) \(a^2 + b^2 = c^2\)

The Quadratic Equation

\[\text{If } ax^2 + bx + c = 0 \text{ then:}\] \[x = {-b \pm \sqrt{b^2-4ac} \over 2a}\] \[ \text{where } a \ne 0.\]