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pyramids have a triangular base. As a triangle has three sides, the pyramid will have three sides. Although you can get square based pyramids which have four sides.
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The Egyptian pyramids are 4 sided not 3 sided.
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How many edges does a cube have than pyramid?
A cube has 12 edges. A 4-sided pyramid has 8 edges. A 3-sided pyramid has 6 edges. There are also other pyramids with more sides.
What is 6 sided three dimensional object called ie two 'three sided pyramids joined at the base?
Octahedron.
What is rectangular pyramids?
A rectangular pyramid is a solid (3-dimensional) figure that comes to a point opposite the base (like the Pyramids of Egypt.) Its base is a four-sided plane figure with right angles and opposite sides equal (a rectangle--or square for that matter).
Are pyramids 4 sided?
A pyramid is a polyhedron (many-sided shape) with a polygonal (many-sided area) base and at least three triangular faces that converge at the apex (the top, or highest, point). A pyramid with a triangular base is known as a tetrahedron. In common usage, a pyramid has a square base and four triangular lateral sides (like the stone pyramids in Egypt).
What 3 expessions show a pyramids number of faces and vertices and edges?
A pyramid with an n-sided base will have n + 1 vertices, n + 1 faces, and 2n edges.
Was ancient pyramids 3 or 4 sided?
4
What is a 3 dimension 8 sided pyramids called?
Heptagonal pyramids, if you consider the base a side. Octagonal pyramids, if you don't.
When did egyptians begin building smooth sided pyramids?
When did EGYPTIAN build smooth sided pyramids
Were there three sided pyramids in Egypt?
no
Is the pyramids in Egypt 4 sided?
yes
Why were some pyramids three sided and some four?
no they are all 5 sided!
Three of the main types of Egyptian pyramids are?
Smooth [sided] pyramid Step [sided] pyramid Bent pyramid
How many edges does a cube have than pyramid?
A cube has 12 edges. A 4-sided pyramid has 8 edges. A 3-sided pyramid has 6 edges. There are also other pyramids with more sides.
How did step pyramids develop into flat sided pyramids?
they changed it because they were to lazy to walk up steps so they changed it to flat sided because they wanted to get their motorized wheel chairs up the side
What is 6 sided three dimensional object called ie two 'three sided pyramids joined at the base?
Octahedron.
3d shapes what shape has some triangular faces?
they are: ---sided pyramids and triangular prisms and 20 sided 3d shapes
Are the pyramids of Giza square pyramids?
A pyramid is not a square, but it has a square base formed by four triangular sides. Pyramids like the ones at Giza in Egypt are five-sided geometric shapes (pentahedrons).
