You need 4 rectangles and two squares
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No, you do not need to have squares: there can be six rectangles - as in a brick shape.
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You cannot make a hexagon out of rectangles and so you will never be able to make the two bases of the hexagonal prism. And these two hexagons, after all, are what give the shape its name.
Rectangular prism has 3 more vertices than rectangular pyramid. Rectangular prism has 8 vertices. Rectangular pyramid has 5 vertices.
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A pentagonal prism has 10 vertices. A rectangular prism has 8 vertices. Therefore, a pentagonal prism has 2 more vertices than a rectangular prism.
Rectangular prism = 8 Rectangular pyramid = 5 So 3 more.