Regents High School exams are mandatory to graduate in New York State, as designated by the New York State Education Department. The exams are designed three years before the testing year by a specialized group of teachers who are skilled in the designated subject area. Each exam must be given on a specific date at the specific time indicated on the front of the exam booklet.

You must pass the regents exam with at least a 65 to get your diploma, and 85 if you are striving to get an advanced regents diploma with honors. The courses can be taken as many times as a student needs in order to pass them.

Our extensive Geometry Regents test prep will show you everything you need to know about the format of the exam, what it tests you on, and what questions look like. We’ll also give you our best tips for acing the exam.

Geometry Regents is a four-part exam consisting of 35 questions, and you’ll have three hours to complete it.

Each multiple-choice question has four answer choices (labeled 1-4) from which you will choose one and then record it on a separate answer sheet.

For the constructed-response questions, you must do the following in order to earn full credit, per the official Geometry Regents instructions:

“Clearly indicate the necessary steps, including appropriate formula substitutions, diagrams, graphs, charts, etc. Utilize the information provided for each question to determine your answer. Note that diagrams are not necessarily drawn to scale.”

Essentially, you’ve got to show your work. Putting down only a correct answer will net you 1 point, but that’s it.

While you won’t get separate scrap paper for the exam, you may use any blank spaces provided in the test booklet (though it will not be scored). Note that you will be given one sheet of scrap graph paper (should you choose to use it) at the back of the test booklet; anything written on this will not be scored.

• A graphing calculator
• A ruler
• A compass

Finally, you’ll get a “High School Math Reference Sheet” with basic formulas and conversions that could come in handy during the exam. This reference sheet can be found at the back of your test booklet; you may tear it out along the perforated edges and use at any time during the Geometry Regents exam.

Here’s how the reference sheet will appear:

Download: math-reference-sheet

The Geometry Regents exam covers pretty much everything that has to do with shapes in math. Major topics include the following:

• Circles
  • Pi
  • Circumference
• Triangles
  • Types (equilateral, isosceles, scalene, right)
  • Special right triangles
  • Pythagorean theorem
• Quadrilaterals (rectangles, squares, parallelograms, rhombuses, trapezoids)
• Other polygons (pentagons, hexagons)
• Lines and slopes
• Angles
  • Acute angles
  • Obtuse angles
  • Right angles
  • Rules of angles (e.g., opposite interior angles)
• Transformations
  • Rotations
  • Reflections
  • Translations
  • Resizing
• Perimeters of shapes, including circles, squares, triangles, and other polygons
• Areas of shapes, including circles, squares, triangles, and other polygons
• Volumes of 3-D shapes, including spheres, cylinders, cones, pyramids, and rectangular prisms