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A frustum. Specifically, a frustum of a triangular pyramid -- as one could also have a frustum of a cone, square pyramid, etc.
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What is the shape called when you cut a square based pyramid in half?
square
What is a rectangular based pyramid with the top cut off?
It is a frustum of a rectangular pyramid.
What shape is a pyramid cut in half?
A triangle
What solid figure would you get if you cut a cube in half?
If you were to cut a cube in half along any plane passing through its center, you would get two equal halves of a cube. Each half would still have the shape of a cube with the same dimensions, just split into two separate pieces. The resulting solid figures would be two smaller cubes.
A woodcutter has a cube of oak which never got smaller and was never cut how can it be that it was changed from a cube to a pyramid and then to a rectangle?
the humidity may have contributed to it somehow
Are frusta and truncated pyramids the same?
Not exactly. A frustum would be a pyramid with the apex cut off. A truncated pyramid would be a pyramid with all vertices cut off.
What figure do you get when you cut a pyramid's top off?
It is called a frustum.
What is a flattened pyramid called?
It is the net of its solid shape. If the top of the pyramid is cut off parallel to the base, then it is a truncated pyramid, or a frustum.
What figure would you get if you cut a pyramid in half?
It depends on how you cut it. It might be a frustrum, it might be a (somewhat differently shaped) pyramid, or it might be a wedge.
What is the shape called when you cut a square based pyramid in half?
square
If a wooden cube is cut in half and painte red what would this be?
It would be a wooden cube that has been cut in half and painted red.
What was the pyramid built out of?
I would imagine the huge bricks that they are built of would have been cut out of sandstone, at a nearby quarry.
How do you cut a pyramid out of poster board?
How to make a pyramid out of poster board?
What is a rectangular based pyramid with the top cut off?
It is a frustum of a rectangular pyramid.
What solid figure would you get if you cut a cube in half?
If you were to cut a cube in half along any plane passing through its center, you would get two equal halves of a cube. Each half would still have the shape of a cube with the same dimensions, just split into two separate pieces. The resulting solid figures would be two smaller cubes.
What is a mineral that is rare and can be cut and be polished called?
This would be called a gemstone.
What is a flattened pyramid?
It is the net of its solid shape. If the top of the pyramid is cut off parallel to the base, then it is a truncated pyramid, or a frustum.
