Foundation GCSE Mathematics Formulae to learn

 

 

Area of a rectangle

Area of a rectangle = length    width

 

 

Area of a triangle

Area of a triangle =

 

 

Area of a parallelogram

Area = base height

 

Area of a trapezium

The area of a trapezium is the sum of the areas of two triangles with the same height

Area =

 

Circumference and Area of a Circle

Circumference of a circle

Area of a circle =

is the radius and  is the diameter

 

Volume of a cuboid

Volume = length  width  height

 

Volume of a Prism

The volume of a prism = area of cross-section  length

 

Volume of a cylinder

 

Speed

Speed =

 

Density

Density =

 

Pythagoras’ theorem

In any right-angled triangle

where  and  are the lengths of the sides and  is the length of the hypotenuse.

 

Trigonometry