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What shapes make a tetrahedron?

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A tetrahedron is the smallest possible polyhedron: a closed 3-d shape with polygonal faces. It has 4 triangular faces, 4 vertices and 6 edges.

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What shapes do you need to make tetrahedron?

Four triangular faces.


What shapes does a tetrahedron have?

A tetrahedron is a four sided polyhedron. Each face is a triangle. If it is a regular tetrahedron, then each face is an equilateral triangle.


A shape with 4 faces except for tetrahedron?

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Which 2D shapes will be required to make the net of a triangular pyramid?

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