PSSA MATHEMATICS
GRADE 6 REFERENCE
Formulas that you may need to work questions on this test are found below.
You may refer back to this page at any time during the mathematics test.
2014
Grade 6
Trapezoid
Triangle
b1
h
h
b
A=
b2
1
bh
2
A=
1
h(b1 + b2)
2
Rectangular Prism
Rectangle
h
w
l
w
A = lw
l
SA = 2lw + 2lh + 2wh
V = lwh
Square
Cube
s
s
A = s2
Parallelogram
SA = 6s2
V= s•s•s
Triangular Prism
h
b
A = bh
b
c
h
a
w
SA = ah + aw + bw + cw
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