2. LEONHARD EULER
Leonhard Euler was
a brilliant Swiss
mathematician. He
is often referred to as
the “Beethoven of
Mathematics”.
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3. LEONHARD EULER
Euler discovered an
interesting
relationship between
the number of faces,
vertices, and edges
for any polyhedron.
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4. POLYHEDRON
POLYHEDRON
POLYHEDRA – (pl. form)
A polyhedron is a three-dimensional
shape with flat faces. Each face is a
polygons
Platonic Solids
Prisms
Pyramids
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5. POLYHEDRON
Platonic Solids
A platonic solid is a polyhedron all of
whose faces are congruent regular
convex polygons, and where the same
number of faces meet at every vertex.
Tetrahedron
Hexahedron
Octahedron
Dodecahedron
Icosahedron
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Prism
A prism is a polyhedron with two
congruent polygonal bases and
rectangular lateral faces. A prism has
the same cross section all along its
length
Cube
Rectangular Prism
Triangular Prism
Hexagonal Prism
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Pyramid
A pyramid is a polyhedron with a
polygonal base and triangular lateral
faces.
Triangular Pyramid
Square Pyramid
Pentagonal Pyramid
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25. NON-POLYHEDRON
Three-dimensional shape associated
with circles is called a non-polyhedron.
No face of a non-polyhedron is a
polygon.
Cylinder
Cone
Sphere
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