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Geometry formulas
One printable sheet for 57 Geometry tools — formulas collected from each calculator’s How it works.
30 60 90 Triangle Calculator
Open tool →The sides are x, x√3, and 2x.
45 45 90 Triangle Calculator
Open tool →The hypotenuse is leg × √2.
Angle Between Two Vectors Calculator
Open tool →cos θ = (u·v) / (|u||v|).
Arc Length Calculator
Open tool →Arc length is the fraction of the circumference.
Area
Open tool →Multiply length by width.
Area of a Circle Calculator
Open tool →Area of the disk.
Circumference of the rim.
Diameter.
From area.
Central Angle Calculator
Open tool →Central angle in radians is arc length divided by radius.
The same opening in degrees.
Centroid of a Triangle Calculator
Open tool →Average the x-coordinates of the three vertices.
Average the y-coordinates of the three vertices.
G also sits two-thirds of the way along each median, from the vertex toward the opposite midpoint.
Chord Length Calculator
Open tool →The chord subtended by θ is 2 r sin(θ/2).
Classifying Triangles Calculator
Open tool →Compare sides for equality; compare a²+b² with c² for the angle type.
Clock Angle Calculator
Open tool →Each minute moves the minute hand 6° and the hour hand 0.5°.
Complementary Angles Calculator
Open tool →Complementary angles sum to 90°.
Cone Calculator
Open tool →Compute slant height, then surface and volume.
Coterminal Angle Calculator
Open tool →Add or subtract full turns until the angle lies in that interval.
Cube Calculator
Open tool →V = a³; S = 6a²; face diagonal a√2; space diagonal a√3.
Cylinder Calculator
Open tool →Enter Radius (r) and Height (h) for the Cylinder Calculator; use finite values in the indicated domain. The calculator reports Surface and Volume: Cylinder volume πr²h and total surface 2πr(r+h). Radius and Height must share a length unit; area and volume use its square and cube.
Distance
Open tool →Apply the Pythagorean theorem to the coordinate differences.
Ellipse Area Calculator
Open tool →Enter Semi-axis (a) and Semi-axis (b) for the Ellipse Area Calculator; use finite values in the indicated domain. The calculator reports Area: Ellipse area is π a b. Semi-major a and Semi-minor b are radii, not full axis lengths.
Ellipsoid Volume Calculator
Open tool →Volume is (4/3)πabc.
Equation of a Circle Calculator
Open tool →Radius is the distance from the center (h, k) to the given point (x, y).
Standard form of the circle equation.
Equilateral Triangle Calculator
Open tool →Height is (√3/2)s; area is (√3/4)s².
Euler’s Formula for Polyhedra Calculator
Open tool →Convex polyhedra satisfy χ = 2.
Golden Rectangle Calculator
Open tool →The aspect ratio is φ = (1+√5)/2.
Hemisphere Calculator
Open tool →Volume is (2/3)π r³; total surface is 3π r².
Heron's Formula Calculator
Open tool →s is the semiperimeter; area is √[s(s−a)(s−b)(s−c)].
Isosceles Triangle Calculator
Open tool →Height to the base is √(a² − (b/2)²).
Kite Area Calculator
Open tool →Kite diagonals are perpendicular; area is half the product.
Parallelogram Area Calculator
Open tool →Area is base times perpendicular height.
Perimeter Calculator
Open tool →Mode 0: rectangle 2(ℓ+w). Mode 1: regular n-gon n·s.
Perimeter of a Triangle Calculator
Open tool →Add the three side lengths.
Polygon Angles Calculator
Open tool →Enter Number of sides (n) for the Polygon Angles Calculator; use finite values in the indicated domain. The calculator reports Interior sum (°), Each interior (°), and Each exterior (°): Interior sum (n−2)180°; exterior 360°/n. Number of sides must be a whole number of at least 3.
Pyramid Volume Calculator
Open tool →Pyramid volume is one-third base area times height.
Pythagorean Triples Calculator
Open tool →A triple satisfies a² + b² = c² after sorting so c is largest.
Pythogorean Theorem
Open tool →Take the square root of a² + b².
Quadrilateral Area Calculator
Open tool →Close the loop and apply the shoelace formula.
Reference Angle Calculator
Open tool →Reduce to [0, 360), then take the acute distance to the x-axis.
Regular Polygon Area Calculator
Open tool →Area uses side length and apothem ap = s / (2 tan(π/n)).
Rhombus Area Calculator
Open tool →The diagonals of a rhombus are perpendicular bisectors; area is half their product.
Sector Area Calculator
Open tool →Sector area is the matching fraction of π r².
Segment Area Calculator
Open tool →Segment area is the sector minus the triangular portion.
Semicircle Area Calculator
Open tool →Area of the half-disk is half of π r².
Perimeter is the curved arc plus the diameter.
Similar Triangles Calculator
Open tool →Corresponding sides of similar triangles are proportional.
Slant Height Calculator
Open tool →The slant is the hypotenuse of r and h.
Sphere Calculator
Open tool →Enter Radius (r) for the Sphere Calculator; use finite values in the indicated domain. The calculator reports Surface area and Volume: Surface 4πr² and volume 4/3 πr³. Radius must be nonnegative; Surface area uses squared units and Volume uses cubed units.
Supplementary Angles Calculator
Open tool →Supplementary angles sum to 180°.
Surface
Open tool →Sum the three unique face areas and double.
Surface Area to Volume Ratio Calculator
Open tool →Pick the solid. A sphere uses radius r, a cube uses side a, and a rectangular box uses length, width, and height. Keep every length in the same unit.
Surface area S is the outside. Sphere 4πr², cube 6a², box twice the three pairwise faces.
Volume V is the interior. Sphere (4/3)πr³, cube a³, box ℓwh.
Divide. The surface area to volume ratio is S/V. The unit is 1 over length: 1/cm if you typed centimetres. Closed forms 3/r and 6/a skip the long way for a sphere and a cube.
Tangent of a Circle Calculator
Open tool →If the point is at distance d from the center, tangent length is √(d² − r²).
Tetrahedron Volume Calculator
Open tool →V = a³ √2 / 12.
Torus Calculator
Open tool →V = 2π² R r²; S = 4π² R r, with R > r > 0.
Trapezoid Calculator
Open tool →Average the parallel sides and multiply by height.
Triangle Angle Calculator
Open tool →Interior angles of a Euclidean triangle sum to 180°.
Triangle Area Calculator
Open tool →Base-height is (1/2)bh; otherwise Heron’s formula from three sides.
Triangle Height Calculator
Open tool →h_a = 2A/a. If area is 0, A = (1/2)bc sin α.
Triangle Inequality Theorem Calculator
Open tool →Each side must be shorter than the sum of the other two.
Triangular Prism Calculator
Open tool →Volume is (Heron area of the triangular face) times length.
Volume
Open tool →Multiply length, width, and height.
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