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An octagonal prism has an octagonal base and 8 triangular faces rising to an apex.

A cone, on the other hand, has a circular base and one curved surface rising to an apex.

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What is a three dimensional shape that has a octagonal base?

cone


What are the 6 shapes which are prisms?

The six common shapes that are classified as prisms include rectangular prisms, triangular prisms, pentagonal prisms, hexagonal prisms, octagonal prisms, and rhombic prisms. A prism is characterized by having two parallel, congruent bases connected by rectangular lateral faces. Each type of prism is named after the shape of its base.


What are some names of prisms?

Prisms are named based on the shape of their bases. Common types include triangular prisms, rectangular prisms, and hexagonal prisms. Additionally, there are specialized prisms like pentagonal prisms and octagonal prisms, reflecting the number of sides in their base shapes. Each type retains the characteristic of having two parallel, congruent bases connected by rectangular lateral faces.


What kinds of prisms are there?

There's the rectangular prism, the triangular prism, hexagonal prism, pentagonal prism, the cube, and the octagonal prism.


What r the similarities and differences between a cylinder and octagonal prism?

The similarities are that:Cylinder and octagonal prisms are 3-D shaped figures.Assuming that octagonal prism are regular and cylinder and that prism have the same height, we can say that they almost resemble each other! In other words, their characteristics are like regular cylinders and octagonal prisms.The differences are that:The octagonal prism has more sides and faces than a cylinder. The octagonal prism has 10 faces while cylinder has 3 faces. The octagonal prism has 24 sides while cylinder doesn't have any of 'em!

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How many faces does a octagonal prisms?

8 faces


What things are shaped like an octagonal prism?

In geometry, the octagonal prism is the sixth in an infinite set of prisms, formed by square sides and two regular octagon caps. Pencils and kaleidoscopes are shaped like octagonal prisms.


What is the name of an 8 sided cone?

Octagonal pyramid


What is a three dimensional shape that has a octagonal base?

cone


What objects are octagonal prisms?

I have two. Ones a stop sign, and the other is a lamp shade.


What kinds of prisms are there?

There's the rectangular prism, the triangular prism, hexagonal prism, pentagonal prism, the cube, and the octagonal prism.


If building prisms out of straws and balls of clay how many balls of clay would you need to build an octagonal prism?

16


7 3d shapes?

A tetrahedron (triangular pyramid) A rectangular pyramid, A pentagonal pyramid, A hexagonal pyramid, A heptagonal pyramid, An octagonal pyramid, A nonagonal pyramid, the list is endless. Plus you can have prisms for each of the above. Then there are the sphere, ellipsoid, cone. Not forgetting irregular and concave shapes.


How many faces vertices edges does a octagonal have?

"Octagonal" is an adjective. That is not enough information. Is it an octagonal prism, octagonal pyramid, octagonal bipyramid or something else? Each one would lead to a different answer.


What r the similarities and differences between a cylinder and octagonal prism?

The similarities are that:Cylinder and octagonal prisms are 3-D shaped figures.Assuming that octagonal prism are regular and cylinder and that prism have the same height, we can say that they almost resemble each other! In other words, their characteristics are like regular cylinders and octagonal prisms.The differences are that:The octagonal prism has more sides and faces than a cylinder. The octagonal prism has 10 faces while cylinder has 3 faces. The octagonal prism has 24 sides while cylinder doesn't have any of 'em!


Does an octagonal prism have perpendicular faces?

Prisms with any number of sides can have perpendicular faces. Often both end faces are perpendicular to the length. In the case of a REGULAR octagonal prism, there will be four pairs of parallel faces, where each face of a pair will be perpendicular to the two faces of one of the other pairs. There is not much that can be said with certainty about an irregular octagonal prism.


Does a prism have a rectangular face?

This depends on whether or not the prism is a rectangular prism or not. Simple shape prisms (rectangular, triangle, octagonal, hexagonal) all have rectangular faces.