Maths crib sheet
Iteration
● Rearrange to get x (lowercase n+1) and input x (lower case 0) into the equation
Graph transformations (functions)
Original New graph Transformation
y = f(x) y = f(x) +a Move graph up by a
y = f(x) y = f(x+a) Move graph to the left by a if
positive (in brackets, do the
opposite)
y = f(x) y = af(x) Multiply each y-value by a
y = f(x) y = f(ax) Divide each x-value by a
y = f(x) y = -f(x) Reflect each y-value in x-axis,
multiple y-value by -1
y = f(x) y = f(-x) Divide each x value by -1
Sequences
● Geometric sequences - proving them, you just need to show they are in the same ratio and to get to
each term, they multiply by the same number
● Arithmetic sequence - nth term
● Fibonacci - add last two terms to get next term
● Quadratic - an^2+bn+c
Further graphs
● Cubic (ax^3+bx^2+cx+d)) [normally has a local maximum and minimum point]
● Reciprocal (1/x) [when it is like this, it is a positive graph]
● Exponential (n^x) [never reaches y and y intercept is always 1]
● Circle graph (x^2+y^2=r^2)
● Sine graph (starts at 1, 0 at 90 degrees and 0 at 270 degrees)
● Cosine graph (starts at 0, 90=1, 270 = -1)
● Tan graph (starts off as a half propeller until 90, then full one from 90 to 270 etc)
Formulas for SA, Volume etc
● Parallelogram area - base height
● Trapezium area - (bxh)/2
● Opposite angles parallelogram add to 180 degrees
● Angles in trapezium at same line are equal if regular
Volumes:
● Cuboid - l x w x h
● Prism - area of cross section x length
● Cylinder - πr2 x h
● Pyramid - (base area x h) / 3
● Sine rule is used when you have an x-shape of information
● Cosine rule is used when you have a c-shape of information
Exact values
Probability:
● And (x)
● Or (+)
Histograms:
Frequency = frequency density x class width
● Use class interval to plot graph, plot frequency density!
● Median: start of class interval of median class x (median frequency - cumulative frequency previous
class / frequency median class) + class-width
Frequency polygon:
● Use mid value to plot graph, plot the frequency
● Line graph, zig-zag shape
Cumulative frequency graphs:
● Plot with end of class interval value and cumulative frequency
● S shape line graph
Grouped frequency tables:
● To find mean, multiply the mid value by the frequency and add all of them, then divide by cumulative
frequency
Index laws
● Inside completed square bracket change sign for x value, keep outside number same for y value - FOR
MINIMUM or MAXIMUM VALUE