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Cylinders are like rectangular prisms because cylinders are also prisms. A cylinder is a circular prism.
It's like squeezing toothpaste out of the tube. Take the cap off your toothpaste and make sure the toothpaste is neatly flat. Then squeeze a bit out and cut that off neatly. You have a little piece of stuff that is a circular prism in shape, or a cylinder.
A prism has to have two flat ends, both the same shape, and between the two ends the sides have to be straight from one end to the other.
A new pencil which has no sharpened end is usually a cylinder or a hexagonal prism. They make pencils these days that are triangular prisms. Kids learning to hold a pencil properly use them because they fit neatly in the thumb and the first two fingers.
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How is a cylinder different from a rectangular prism?
A cylinder is different because it is has no edges and a rectangular prism does. A cylinder has two faces and a rectangular prism has 6. A cylinder doesn't have any verticies and a rectangular prism has 8.
How is a rectangular prism and a cylinder alike?
both 3d Alike: Both Cylinder and Prism have the same corresponding Top and Bottom. This is the definition. A Cylinder can be considered as a prism with infinite no. of sides. Different: The side walls of any Prism are flat but that of a cylinder is curved.
How is a rectangular prism and a cylinder different?
A rectangular prism has a rectangular cross section whereas a cylinder has a circular cross section
How many more vertices does a rectangular prism have than a cylinder?
5. A rectangular prism has 5 and a cylinder has none.
Why is a rectangular prism net similar to a cylinder net?
Because a rectangular prism has straight edges whereas a a cylinder has curved edges.
