Faces- 1 square (on the bottom) and 4 triangles (on each side) 5
Corners- same as sides 5
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A pyramid is a generic term. It has a polygonal base with n sides and n triangular faces meeting at an apex.
So a triangle based pyramid (tetrahedron) has 4 faces and 4 corners.
A quadrilateral based pyramid has 5 faces and 5 corners.
In general, a pyramid with a n-sided polygon as base has n+1 sides and n+1 corners.
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A pyramid has one more corner and faces than the number of sides in its base; thus a decagonal pyramid has 10 + 1 = 11 faces and corners. A pyramid has twice as many edges as sides in its base; thus a decagonal pyramid has 2 X 10 = 20 edges.
A hexagonal pyramid has 7 faces.
There are five faces on a rectangular pyramid.
a hexagonal pyramid has 8 faces
A rectangular pyramid has 5 faces.