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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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Q: What shapes make a tetrahedron?
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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?

There are no other shapes that have only four flat faces except for a tetrahedron, although the faces thatmake up the tetrahedron can be triangles of various shapes and need not be all identical.


What are Shapes of 4 congruent triangles?

Isosceles Tetrahedron.


List a few 3-d shapes?

Sphere, cuboid, tetrahedron.


What shapes are in a tetrahedron?

There are points (vertices) lines (edges) and polygons (faces).


What is the formula of the tetrahedron?

There can be no formula for a tetrahedron since you have not specified what aspect the formula is supposed to calculate. Furthermore, although they are all triangular pyramids, tetrahedra can be tall, needle-like shapes or almost flat shapes.


What shapes have 4 vertices?

In 2 dimensions, a quadrilateral. In 3 dimensions, a tetrahedron.


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

It will look like a 2D equilateral triangle if it is a triangular based pyramid which is called a tetrahedron.


How many 3d shapes have 4 faces?

Just one: a tetrahedron or triangular pyramid.


What 3D shapes have equilateral triangle faces?

A tetrahedron (4 faces) and an icosahedron (20).


Name the shapes with 5 sides?

Pentagon (and in 3d: triangular prism and tetrahedron.)