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It is a Pentahedron.

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Q: What type of polyhedron is a square based pyramid?
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Is a pyramind type of a polyhedron?

Yes and a triangular based pyramid is a tetrahedron


What type of polyhedra is the pyramid of Giza?

It is a square based pyramid.


What type of pyramid is the shape that has five vertices and five faces?

It is a square based pyramid which also has 8 edges


What is a polyhedron with triangular sides and a polygonal base?

It can be any type of pyramid.


How many rectangular faces on a square based pyramid?

The pyramid is SQUARE BASED and the sides are triangles. Unless you're getting technical, and you're counting a square as a 'special type of rectangle', then the answer is one.


What type of polyhedron has 9 faces 9 vertices and 16 edges?

an elongated square pyramid- here is a website with pictures(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elongated_square_pyramid )


What type of pyramid has five sides?

A square based pyramid has 5 faces, 8 edges and 5 vertices


What are pyramids in geometry?

Pyramids are a type of polyhedron that has a polygonal base with triangles extending from it to form an apex. The pyramids of Egypt would be examples of square pyramids because the bottom of them are squares. Likewise, you could have a pentagonal pyramid, hexagonal pyramid, pentagrammic pyramid etc.


Is a square a polyhedral shape?

No- A square is a plane figure- it is a type of polygon not a polyhedron.


How many flat face of pyramid?

A pyramid can have 4 or more faces. A pyramid, with a n-sided polygon as base will have n+1 faces. The polygon with the least number of sides is a triangle and a triangular pyramid (tetrahedron) has 4 faces. A square based pyramid has 5 faces, and so on.


What type of base does a square pyramid have?

A square one


How many flat surfaces do a pyramid has?

It depends on what type of pyramid. Their is an square pyramid, a rectangular pyramid, a pentagonal pyramid, etc.