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Mathematics HL and
further mathematics HL
formula booklet
For use during the course and in the examinations
Prior learning 2
Core 3
Topic 1: Algebra 3
Topic 2: Functions and equations 4
Topic 3: Circular functions and trigonometry 4
Topic 4: Vectors 5
Topic 5: Statistics and probability 6
Topic 6: Calculus 8
Options 10
Topic 7: Statistics and probability 10
Further mathematics HL topic 3
Topic 8: Sets, relations and groups 11
Further mathematics HL topic 4
Topic 9: Calculus 11
Further mathematics HL topic 5
Topic 10: Discrete mathematics 12
Further mathematics HL topic 6
Formulae for distributions 13
Topics 5.6, 5.7, 7.1, further mathematics HL topic 3.1
Discrete distributions 13
Continuous distributions 13
Further mathematics 14
Topic 1: Linear algebra 14
Prior learning
Area of a triangle 1
A (b h) , where b is the base, h is the height
2
Area of a trapezium 1
A ( a b) h , where a and b are the parallel sides, h is the height
2
Volume of a pyramid 1
V (area of base vertical height)
3
Area of the curved surface of A 2rh , where r is the radius, h is the height
a cylinder
Volume of a sphere 4
V r 3 , where r is the radius
3
Volume of a cone 1
V r 2 h , where r is the radius, h is the height
3
Topic 1: Algebra
1.1 The nth term of an un u1 (n 1)d
arithmetic sequence
a x e x ln a
log a a x x a log a x
log c a
log b a
log c b
Permutations n P n!
r (n r )!
Area of a sector 1
A r 2 , where is the angle measured in radians, r is the
2
radius
Sine rule a b c
sin A sin B sin C
Area of a triangle 1
A ab sin C
2
Topic 4: Vectors
4.1 Magnitude of a vector v1
v v v2 v3 , where v v2
1
2 2 2
v
3
Coordinates of the x1 x2 y1 y2 z1 z2
midpoint of a line segment , ,
2 2 2
with endpoints ( x1 , y1 , z1 ) ,
( x2 , y2 , z2 )
v1 w1
v w v1 w1 v2 w2 v3 w3 , where v v2 , w w2
v w
3 3
Cartesian equations of a x x0 y y0 z z0
line
l m n
Area of a triangle 1
A v w where v and w form two sides of a triangle
2
Cartesian equation of a ax by cz d
plane
Mean k
fx i i
i 1
Variance 2 k k
f x fx
2 2
i i i i
2 i 1
i 1
2
n n
Standard deviation k
f x
2
i i
i 1
Independent events P( A B ) P( A) P( B)
Bayes’ theorem P( B )P (A | B )
P (B | A)
P( B )P (A | B ) P( B)P (A | B)
P ( Bi ) P ( A Bi )
P ( Bi | A)
P ( B1 ) P( A | B1 ) P ( B2 ) P ( A | B2 ) P ( B3 ) P ( A | B3 )
Expected value of a
E( X ) x f ( x)dx
continuous random
variable X
Variance of a continuous
Var( X ) ( x ) 2 f ( x) dx x 2 f ( x)dx 2
random variable X
Poisson distribution m x e m
X ~ Po( m) P( X x) , x 0,1, 2,
Mean x!
Variance E( X ) m
Var( X ) m
6.2 Derivative of x n f ( x) x n f ( x) nx n 1
Derivative of e x f ( x) e x f ( x) e x
Derivative of ln x 1
f ( x) ln x f ( x)
x
Derivative of sec x f ( x) sec x f ( x) sec x tan x
Derivative of a x f ( x) a x f ( x) a x (ln a)
Derivative of log a x 1
f ( x) log a x f ( x)
x ln a
Derivative of arcsin x 1
f ( x) arcsin x f ( x)
1 x2
Derivative of arccos x 1
f ( x) arccos x f ( x)
1 x2
Derivative of arctan x 1
f ( x) arctan x f ( x)
1 x2
Chain rule dy dy du
y g (u ) , where u f ( x)
dx du dx
Product rule dy dv du
y uv u v
dx dx dx
Quotient rule du dv
v u
u dy d x dx
y 2
v dx v
n 1
1
x dx ln x C
sin x dx cos x C
cos x dx sin x C
e dx e x C
x
1 x
a dx a C
x
ln a
1 1 x
a 2
x2
dx arctan C
a a
1 x
a x
2
dx arcsin C ,
2
a
xa
Volume of revolution
(rotation) b
V πy 2 dx or V πx 2 dy
b
a a
random variable X
fx i i
x i 1
Variance sn2 k k
f (x i i x )2 fx i i
2
sn2 i 1
i 1
x2
n n
Standard deviation sn k
f (x i i x )2
sn i 1
Unbiased estimate of k k
n 2
sn21 sn i 1
i 1
x
n 1 n 1 n 1 n 1
(3.7)
correlation coefficient x y i i nx y
r i 1
n 2 2
n
2
i 1
xi nx
yi n y
i 1
2
i 1
i 1
Topic 9: Calculus
Further mathematics HL topic 5
y P ( x) y Q( x)
Taylor series ( x a ) 2
f ( x) f (a) ( x a ) f (a ) f ( a) ...
2!
10.7 Euler’s formula for v e f 2 , where v is the number of vertices, e is the number
(6.7) connected planar graphs of edges, f is the number of faces
Discrete distributions
Distribution Notation Probability mass Mean Variance
function
Negative binomial X ~ NB (r , p ) x 1 r x r r rq
p q p p2
r 1
for x r , r 1,...
Continuous distributions
Distribution Notation Probability Mean Variance
density function
Normal X ~ N ( , 2 ) 1 x
2 2
1
e 2
2π
Inverse of a 2 2 matrix a b 1 1 d b
A A , ad bc
c d det A c a
Determinant of a 3 3 a b c
matrix e f d f d e
A d e f det A a b c
g h k g k g h
h k