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Math 10C Formula Sheet: Metric & Imperial Conversion Factors

1) The document provides conversion factors between imperial and metric units including miles, kilometers, yards, meters, feet, inches, and centimeters. 2) It also lists common formulas for calculating the area of rectangles, triangles, and circles as well as the volume of rectangular prisms, cylinders, cones, spheres, and rectangular pyramids. 3) Additional formulas include the Pythagorean theorem, trigonometric ratios, and exponent laws.

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Math 10C Formula Sheet: Metric & Imperial Conversion Factors

1) The document provides conversion factors between imperial and metric units including miles, kilometers, yards, meters, feet, inches, and centimeters. 2) It also lists common formulas for calculating the area of rectangles, triangles, and circles as well as the volume of rectangular prisms, cylinders, cones, spheres, and rectangular pyramids. 3) Additional formulas include the Pythagorean theorem, trigonometric ratios, and exponent laws.

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MATH 10C FORMULA SHEET

Metric & Imperial Conversion Factors


Relationships between
Imperial Units

Approximate Relationships between


Imperial Units and Metric Units

1 mile = 1760 yards


1 mile = 5280 feet
1 yard = 3 feet
1 yard = 36 inches
1 foot = 12 inches

1 mile = 1.609 km
1 km = 0.6214 miles
1 yard = 0.9144 m
1m
= 1.094 yd
1 foot = 0.3048 m = 30.48 cm
1m
= 3.281 ft
1 inch = 2.54 cm
1 cm = 0.3937 in

Relationships
between Metric
Units
1 km = 1000 m
1 m = 100 cm
1 cm =

10 mm

Area, Surface Area and Volume Formulas


Area:
Shape

Rectangle A = lw
Shape
Rectangular
prism
Rectangular
pyramid

1
Triangle A = bh
2

Circle A = r 2

Volume
V = lwh

1
V = lwh
3

Surface Area
SA = 2(lw + lh + wh )
or SA = 2lw + 2lh + 2wh
1
( slant hgt )( perimeter of base) + ( area of base)
2
(for a square base)
SA =

SA = (area of triangles ) + (area of base)

Cylinder

V = r 2 h

SA = 2rh + 2r 2

Cone

1
V = r 2 h
3

SA = rs + r 2

Sphere

4
V = r 3 or
3
1 3
V = d
6

SA = 4r 2 or SA = d 2

Pythagorean Theorem

c2 = a2 + b2

Trigonometric Ratios
sin A =

opposite
hypotenuse

cos A =

adjacent
hypotenuse

tan A =

Exponent Laws
Exponent Law
Product of Powers
Quotient of Powers
Power of a Power
Power of a Product
Power of a Quotient

x x =x
m

m+ n

Rule

xm
= x mn
xn
( x m )n = x m n
( xy )m = x m y m

Zero Exponent
Negative Exponent

x
xm
= m
y
y

x0 = 1
xm =

Fractional Exponent

1
xm

x n = n x m or

(n x )

Linear Functions

y = mx + b
slope =

rise
run

Ax + By + C = 0
m=

y2 y1
x2 x1

( y y1 ) = m( x x1 )
slope =

difference in y ' s y
=
difference in x ' s x

opposite
adjacent

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