{"id":346,"date":"2023-06-21T16:46:29","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T16:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/concordant-thought.com\/?p=346"},"modified":"2023-06-22T09:13:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T09:13:07","slug":"faces-edges-and-vertices-of-solids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/concordant-thought.com\/faces-edges-and-vertices-of-solids\/","title":{"rendered":"Faces, Edges and Vertices of Solids"},"content":{"rendered":"
Have you ever thought about the parts of a solid figure?<\/span><\/p>\n Solid figures have their own characteristics, just like flat figures.<\/span><\/p>\n Candice and Trevor are wrapping gifts at the mall. A customer comes with a figure that has 10 faces. It is a unique type of jewelry box.<\/span><\/p>\n Do you know what the shape of the base of this figure is?<\/span><\/p>\n In this article, you will learn\u00a0how to identify a figure according to its faces, edges, and vertices<\/em>. At the end of this Section, you will discover the shape of the jeweler\u2019s base.<\/span><\/p>\n Previously, we worked on identifying solids. Well, now we need to know how to classify them more specifically.<\/span><\/p>\n To do this, let\u2019s look at the characteristics of solid figures. The number of faces, edges, and vertices that a solid figure has tells us what type of solid figure it is. We can use this information to classify solids.<\/span><\/p>\n We classify or identify them by the number they have. Let\u2019s start by looking at these faces.<\/span><\/p>\n A face is a flat side of a solid figure. Faces are shaped like flat shapes, such as triangles, rectangles, and squares. Check out the featured faces below.<\/span><\/p>\n Each solid figure has multiple faces. We can count the number of faces that the figure has. How many faces does each figure shown above have?<\/span><\/p>\n It has a face at the bottom and top base. It has four faces around the sides. Therefore it has six faces in total.<\/span><\/p>\n What shape do the faces have?<\/span><\/p>\n They are rectangles. We can name this figure a rectangular prism.<\/span><\/p>\n Yes. With prisms, you can use the shape you see to help you name what type of prism it is.<\/span><\/p>\n Now let\u2019s look at another solid figure.<\/span><\/p>\n This figure only has one face. It is at the bottom and the sides are triangles that meet at a specific vertex. This is called a pyramid. Notice that the base of the pyramid is a square. This is called a square pyramid. The base gives the name to the figure.<\/span><\/p>\n Now that you understand about faces, let\u2019s look at the edges. We can identify a solid figure by counting the edges.<\/span><\/p>\n An edge is a place where two faces meet. The edges are straight; they cannot be curved. How many edges does this figure have?<\/span><\/p>\n Count all the edges where two faces meet. This figure has 8 edges.<\/span><\/p>\n Some figures do not have edges because they do not have flat sides. Think of the cones, spheres, and cylinders. They do not have edges.<\/span><\/p>\n The place where two or more edges meet is called the vertex. A vertex is like a corner. We can count the number of vertices to identify solid figures.<\/span><\/p>\n This table can give you an idea of \u200b\u200bsome of the faces, edges, or vertices of common solid shapes.<\/span><\/p>\nFaces, Edges, and Vertices of Solids<\/span><\/h2>\n
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