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Name of Polygons

Number of sides 5 6 7 8 9 10

Polygon Pentagon Hexagon Heptagon Octagon Nonagon Decagon

Triangles
Triangle Equilateral Property All sides of equal length All angles are equal Each angle is 60 Isoceles
o

2 sides are equal 2 corresponding angles are equal

Scalene Acute Obtuse Right-angled

All sides are of unequal length All 3 angles in the triangle are acute angles 1 of the 3 angles is obtuse 1 of the 3 angles is 90
o

Quadrilaterals
Quadrilateral Rectangle Square Parallelogram Rhombus Trapezium Property All sides meet at 90
o o

All sides meet at 90

All sides are of equal length 2 pairs of parallel lines All sides are of equal length 2 pairs of parallel lines Exactly 1 pair of parallel sides

Similar Plane Figures


Figures are similar only if

their corresponding sides are proportional their corresponding angles are equal

Similar Solid Figures


Solids are similar if their corresponding linear dimensions are proportional.

Congruent Figures
Congruent figures are exactly the same size and shape. 2 triangles are congruent if they satisfy any of the following: a. SSS property: All 3 sides of one triangle are equal to the corresponding sides of the other triangle.

b. SAS property: 2 given sides and a given angle of one triangle are equal to the corresponding sides and angle of the other triangle.

c. AAS property: 2 given angles and a given side of one triangle are equal to the corresponding angles and side of the other triangle.

d. RHS property: The hypothenuse and a given side of a right-angled triangle are equal to the hypothenuse and the corresponding side of the other right-angled triangle.

Bearings
A bearing is an angle, measured clockwise from the north direction.

Symmetry
Shape Number of lines of symmetry 3 1 4 2 1 1 0 2 5 6 Order of rotational symmetry 3 1 4 2 1 1 2 2 5 6 Centre of point symmetry Yes None Yes Yes None None Yes Yes Yes Yes

Equilateral triangle Isosceles triangle Square Rectangle Kite Isosceles trapezium Parallelogram Rhombus Regular pentagon Regular hexagon

Angle properties
No. Property Explanation Example

Angles on a straight line

Angles on a straight line add up to 180o 2 angles arecomplementary is they add up to 90o 2 angles are called supplementary if they add up to 180o

Angles at a point

Angles at a point add up to 360o

Vertically Vertically opposite angles are opposite angles equal

Angles formed Alternate interior angles are by parallel equal lines

Angles formed Alternate exterior angles are by parallel equal lines

Angles formed Corresponding angles are by parallel equal lines

Angle properties of triangles

The sum of angles in a triangle adds up to 180o

Angle properties of triangles Angle properties of polygons

The sum of 2 interior opposite angles is equal to the exterior angle

sum of interior angles of an n-sided polygon = (n-2) x 180o each interior angle of a regular n-sided polygon = (n-2) x 180o /n

10 Angle properties of polygons

sum of exterior angles of an n-sided polygon is 360o each exterior angle of a regular n-sided polygon = 360o / n

Angle Properties of Circles

Mensuration
But here's a quick reference for the important ones...

Area of Figures

Triangle

Trapezium

Parallelogram

A=b x h

Circle

Sector

Radian Measure

Radian is another common unit to measure angles. A radian is a measure of the angle subtended at the centre of a circle by an arc equal in length to the radius of the circle. To convert radians to degrees and vice versa, use these formulas:

rad = 180 1 rad = 180/ 1 = /180 rad

Volume of Figures

Cube

Cuboid

V=lxbxh SA = 2bl + 2hb + 2hl

Cylinder

Sphere

Prism

V = base area x height

Pyramid

Cone

Trigonometry
Pythagora's theorem

Trigonometrical Ratio

SINE RULE

To find an angle, can write as follows:

COSINE RULE

Area of Triangle

Statistics

Mean

Mode
The mode is the most frequent value.

Median
The median of a group of numbers is the number in the middle, when the numbers are in order of magnitude (in increasing order). If you have n numbers in a group, the median in:

Types of Chart
1. Bar chart: the heights of the bars represent the frequency. The data is discrete.

2. Pie chart: the angles formed by each part adds up to 360

3. Histogram: it is a vertical bar graph with no gaps between the bars. The area of each bar is proportional to the frequency it represents.

4. Stem-and-leaf diagram: a diagram that summarises while maintaining the individual data point. The stem is a column of the unique elements of data after removing the last digit. The final digits (leaves) of each column are then placed in a row next to the appropriate column and sorted in numerical order.

5. Simple frequency distribution and frequency polygons: a plot of the cumulative frequency against the upper class boundary with the points joined by line segments.

6. Quartiles

Probability
Probability is the likelihood of an event happening

The probability that a certain event happening is 1 The probability that a certain event cannot happen is 0 The probability that a certain event not happening is 1 minus he probability that it will happen

2 events are independent if the outcome of one of the events does not affect the outcome of another 2 events are dependent if the outcome of one of the events depends on the outcome of another

If 2 events A and B are independent of each other, then the probability of both A and B occurring is found by P(A) x P(B) If it is impossible for both events A and B to occur, then the probability of A or B occurring is P(A) and P(B)

Set Notation

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