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PREPSCHOLAR GMAT FORMULAS PDF

GMAT Geometry Formulas


AREA & PERIMETER FORMULAS
Square: Area: (length)​2​ | Perimeter: 4(length)
Rectangle: Area: length * width | Perimeter: 2(length) + 2(width)
Parallelogram: Area: base * height | Perimeter: 2(base) + 2(height)
Circles: Area: πr​2​ | Circumference of a circle: 2πr
Triangle: Area: (1/2) base * height | Pythagorean Theorem (for determining the length of sides of
a right triangle): a​2​ + b​2​ = c​2
Trapezoid: Area: (1/2) (a+c)/h where a and c are the length of the parallel sides

CIRCLE FORMULAS
Central Angle: 2(inscribed angle)
Area of Sector: (x/360) *​ πr​2

VOLUME FORMULAS
Cube: (length)​3
Rectangular prism: length * width * height
Cylinder: πr​2​h
Cone: (1/3) πr​2​h
Pyramid: (1/3) base length * base width * height
Sphere: (4/3)πr​3

GMAT Arithmetic Formulas


ORDER OF OPERATIONS
Parentheses – Exponents – Multiplication – Division – Addition – Subtraction (PEMDAS)

NUMBER PROPERTIES
(Positive Number) * (Positive Number) = (Positive Number)
(Positive Number) * (Negative Number) = (Negative Number)
(Negative Number) * (Negative Number) = (Positive Number)
(Positive Number) / (Positive Number) = (Positive Number)
(Positive Number) / (Negative Number) = (Negative Number)
(Negative Number) / (Negative Number) = (Positive Number)
(Odd Number) + (Odd Number) = (Even Number)
(Odd Number) – (Odd Number) = (Even Number)
(Odd Number) + (Even Number) = (Odd Number)
(Odd Number) – (Even Number) = (Odd Number)
(Even Number) + (Even Number) = (Even Number)
(Even Number) – (Even Number) = (Even Number)
(Odd Number) * (Odd Number) = (Odd Number)
(Odd Number) * (Even Number) = (Even Number)
(Even Number) * (Even Number) = (Even Number)
PERMUTATIONS AND COMBINATIONS
Permutation formula: ​n​P​r​ = n! / (n-r)!
Combination formula: n​​ C​r​ = n! / (r!)(n-r)!
PROBABILITY
Probability = (Number of favourable outcomes) / (Number of all possible outcomes)
Probability of events A & B happening = (Probability of A) * (Probability of B)
Probability of either event A or B happening = (Probability of A) + (Probability of B)

GMAT Algebra Formulas


ABSOLUTE VALUE
|x| depicts the absolute value.
|x| = x
|-x| = x
|x| = |-x|
|x| ≥ 0
|x| + |y| ≥ |x+y|

BASE - EXPONENT RELATIONSHIPS


In the expression x​n​, ‘x’ is the base and ‘n’ is the exponent. The way to interpret is that the base
‘x’ gets multiplied ‘n’ times.
Some rules and formulas that apply to base/exponents:
0​n​ = 0
1​n​ = 1
x​0​ = 1
x​1​ = x
(x)​-n​ = 1 / x​n
x​m​ * x​n​ = x​m+n
x​m​ / x​n​ = x​m-n
(x​m​)​n​ = x​m*n
(x/y)​n​ = (x)​n​/(y)​n

QUADRATIC EQUATIONS
ax​2​ + bx + c = 0
x = (-b ∓ √[b​2​ - 4ac]) / 2a

INTEREST
Simple Interest = P*r*t
P = starting principle; r = annual interest rate; t = number of years
Annual Compound Interest = P(1+r)​t
Compound Interest = P(1 + r/x)​xt​ ; x = number of times the interest compounds over the year

OTHER
Distance = Speed * Time
Wage = Rate * Time

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