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Common Formulas

Capacities or Volumes  / Conversion Factors
Cooking Measurement Equivalents  / Temperature  / Weight
U.S.
and Metric Equivalents
Abbreviations:
pi or pi = 3.1416
r = radius
h = height
d  = diameter.
CIRCUMFERENCE  
Circle: C = pid, 

 

AREA  
Triangle: A = (ab)/2 , in which a is the base and b the height.
Square:  A = a2, in which a is one of the sides.
Rectangle: A = ab, in which a is the base and b the height.
Trapezoid:  A = (h(a + b))/2, in which h is the height, a the longer parallel side, and b the shorter.
Regular pentagon: A = 1.720a2, in which a is one of the sides.
Regular hexagon: A = 2.598a2, in which a is one of the sides.
Regular octagon: A = 4.828a2, in which a is one of the sides.
Circle: A = pir2

 

VOLUME  
Cube: V = a3, in which a is one of the edges.
Rectangular prism: V = abc, in which a is the length, b is the width, and c the depth.
Pyramid: V = (Ah)/3, in which A is the area of the base and h the height.
Cylinder: V = pir2h, in which piis 3.1416, r the radius of the base, and h the height. 
Cone: V = ( pir2h)/3, in which piis 3.1416, r the radius of the base, and h the height.
Sphere: V = (4 pir3)/3

 

TEMPERATURE  
Degrees Fahrenheit to Degrees Celsius: TC = 5/9 (TF – 32)
Degrees Celsius to Degrees Fahrenheit: TF = 9/5 TC + 32
Degrees Celsius to Kelvin: TK = TC + 273.15

 

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