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11.01 Prisms

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Being able to identify the key features of shapes can help us in this lesson. 

How many edges does each shape have?

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A rectangular prism has $6$6 rectangular faces, $8$8 vertices, and $12$12 edges.

This video looks at the properties of a cube and a rectangular prism.

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Here is a rectangular prism.

  1. There are $\editable{}$ faces.

  2. There are $\editable{}$ vertices.

  3. There are $\editable{}$ edges.

 

Remember!

A cube is a special type of rectangular prism. It has all the same properties, except all of its faces are squares instead of rectangles.

 

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