Edexcel A Level Maths Formula Mat Formulae and Identities You Need to Know

Laws of Indices Trigonometry Perimeter, Area and Volume Differentiation

a xa y ≡ a x + y a b
Sine rule: sinA = sinB = sinC
c For a circle radius r and diameter d:
Function Derivative
ax
≡ ax – y Cosine rule: a 2 = b 2 + c 2 – 2bccosA C = 2πr = πd
ay sinkx kcos(kx)
(a ) ≡ a
x y xy
1 A = πr 2
coskx -ksin(kx)
Area: area = 2 absinC
sinx For a trapezium with parallel sides a ekx kekx
Laws of Logarithms tanx = cosx
and b and height h: 1
1 1 lnx x
x = a n ⇔ n = loga x secx = cosx Area = 2 (a + b)h
1 Chain rule:
loga x + loga y ≡ loga (xy) cosecx = sinx For a sector radius r, angle θ (in dy
()
x 1 radians) and arc length s: If y = f(g(x)), dx = f’(g(x))g’(x)
loga x – loga y ≡ loga y cotx = tanx
dy dy du
s = rθ = ×
dx du dx
kloga x ≡ loga (x k) cos2x + sin2x ≡ 1
1
A = 2 r2θ
sec2x ≡ 1 + tan2x Product rule:
Coordinate Geometry The derivative of y = f(x)g(x),
cosec2x ≡ 1 + cot2x dy
A straight line, gradient m, through Integration dx
= f’(x)g(x) + f(x)g’(x).
sin2x = 2sinx cosx
(x1, y1) has equation y – y1 = m(x – x1). dy dv du
dx
= u dx + v dx
cos2x = cos2x – sin2x Function Integral
Straight lines with gradient m1
2tanx 1
and m2 are perpendicular when tan2x = 1 – tan2x sinkx - k cos(kx) + c Statistics
m1m2 = -1 1
coskx sin(kx) + c The mean of a set of data:
Mechanics k ∑x ∑fx
1 kx
x̅ = =
n ∑f
Sequences weight = mg ekx e +c
k The standard Normal variable:
F ≤ μR 1 X–μ
Arithmetic progression: x ln|x| + c, x ≠ 0 Z= σ
where X ∼ N(μ, σ2)
un = a + (n – 1)d F = ma
dr dv d 2r Reverse Chain rule: Vectors
Geometric progression: v = dt a = dt = dt 2
∫ f’(g(x))g’(x) = f(g(x)) + c
un = ar n – 1 r = ∫ v dt v = ∫ a dt |xi + yj + zk| = x2 + y2 + z2
Edexcel A Level Maths Formula Mat Formulae and Identities You Will be Given
Perimeter, Area and Volume Differentiation Integration
Surface are of sphere = 4πr2 Integration by parts:
Function Derivative
dv du
Area of curved surface of cone = πr × slant height tankx ksec2kx ∫ u dx dx = uv – ∫ v dx dx
seckx kseckx tankx Function Integral
Binomial Series
cotkx -kcosec2kx 1
sec2kx tankx
(a + b) = a +
n n
( )a
n
1
n–1
b+ ( )a
n
2 b +…+
n–2 2
( )a
n
r b + … + b (n ∈ ℕ)
n–r r n
coseckx -kcoseckx cotkx
k
1
( n)
Where r = nCr = r!(n – r)!
n! f(x)
g(x)
f’(x)g(x) – f(x)g’(x)
(g(x))2
tankx k
ln|seckx|

n(n – 1) 2 n(n – 1)…(n – r + 1) r 1

(1 + x)n = 1 + nx + x +… x + … (|x| < 1, n ∈ ℝ) cotkx k
ln|sinkx|
2! r! First principles:
1
f(x + h) – f(x) - k ln|coseckx + cotkx|
Sequences f’(x) = lim h
→0
h→ coseckx 1 1
k
ln|tan 2 kx|
1 1
Arithmetic sequences: Sn = 2 n(a + l) = 2 n[2a + (n – 1)d] Statistics 1
ln|seckx + tankx|
a(1 – r n) k
Geometric sequences: Sn = 1 – r seckx
a
P(A’) = 1 – P(A) 1
k
1
( 1
ln|tan 2 kx + 4 π | )
S∞ = 1 – r for |r| < 1 P(A ∪ B) = P(A) + P(B) – P(A ∩ B)
P(A ∩ B) = P(A)P(B|A)
Standard Deviation Small Angle Approximations
P(A∩B)
P(A|B) = P(B)
standard deviation = variance Where θ is measured in radians and
small:
interquartile range = IQR = Q3 – Q1
For independent events A and B: sinθ ≈ θ
For a set of n values, x1, x2, … xi, …xn:
P(B|A) = P(B) 1
(∑xi)2 cosθ ≈ 1 – 2 θ2
Sxx = ∑(xi – x̅ )2 = ∑xi2 –
n P(A|B) = P(A) tanθ ≈ θ
Sxx ∑x2
= – x̅ 2 P(A ∩ B) = P(A)P(B)
Standard deviation = n n
Edexcel A Level Maths Formula Mat Formulae and Identities You Will be Given
Trigonometric Identities Logarithms and Exponentials Kinematics
sin(A ± B) = sinA cosB ± cosA sinB logbx Motion in a straight line:
loga x =
logba v = u + at
cos(A ± B) = cosA cosB sinA sinB
±
e xlna = a x 1
s = ut + 2 at 2
(
tanA ± tanB
( 1) )
tan(A ± B) = 1 tanA tanB A ± B ≠ k + 2 π
±
1
The Binomial Distribution s = vt – 2 at 2
sinA + sinB = 2sin( 2 ) cos( 2 )
A+B A–B
If X ∼ B(n, p) then: v 2 = u 2 + 2as
sinA – sinB = 2cos( 2 ) sin( 2 )
A+B A–B
1
P(X = x) = ( )p (1 – p)
n x n–x s = 2 (u + v)t
cosA + cosB = 2cos( 2 ) cos( 2 )
A+B A–B x
Mean of X = np
cosA – cosB = -2sin( 2 ) sin( 2 )
A+B A–B
Variance of X = np(1 – p) Motion in two dimensions:
v = u + at
Numerical Methods 1
The Normal Distribution s = ut + 2 at 2
Trapezium rule: 1
If X ∼ N(μ, σ2) then: s = vt – 2 at 2
b 1 b–a
∫a y dx ≈ 2 h{(y0 + yn) + 2(y1 + y2 + … +yn – 1)}, where h = n 1
(
X̅ ∼ N μ, n
σ2
) s = 2 (u + v)t
Newton-Raphson method:
X̅ – μ
f(xn) σ ∼ N(0, 1)
f(x) = 0: xn + 1 = xn – n
f’(xn)