Measurement Formulas - 1512

Wow! There are a ton of formulas when it comes to measurement. There are so many that when I was covering this topic, I couldn't keep them straight! I thought it would be rather handy to have them all in one page, so that's what I'm doing today. This post includes links with lists of all the formulas you'll need for elementary measurement from perimeters ans surface areas, to volumes of different objects. I hope it proves helpful to have them all in one area!

Perimeter of Objects

Area Formulas

Surface Area of Objects

Volume Formulas

Circles

Polygon Info and Formulas

The website that these links all go to is a great site to go to if you need to know anything about math! One important thing that I found helpful when working with these formulas is to make sure that you double check your work. It's so easy to plug a wrong number in somewhere or to forget a part of the formula, or even to mix one formula up with another, because a few of them are similar to others.

Also, when it comes to anything related to circles or spheres, you run into the symbol, or pi. This is a big long number, and can be annoying to try to type into a calculator or write out on paper. Many people and math books suggest the quick and easy, shortened version of this symbol, which is 3.14. Ah, much better! :) And much more manageable!