Geometry

Vocabulary Notes
Unit 8: Polyhedra
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Poly – Many A polyhedron is a 3- Face – flat side

Polyhedron Hedron – Faces dimensional shape Vertex – Corner
connected by flat Edge – Creases (folds)
surfaces *No Curves*

A solid with two bases Surface Area Volume

Prism connected by rectangles Find the area of all the
 Named by the base faces and add them up V = A base ∙ H

SA=2 A base + P base ∙ H

A solid with one base l=slant height

Pyramid connected by triangles 1
V = A base ∙ H
 Named by the base 1 3
SA=A base + P ∙ l
2 base

A solid with two circles

2 2
Cylinder as bases connected by a SA=2 π r +2 πrH V =π r H
rectangle wrapped
around

A solid with one circle 2

SA=π r + πr l 1 2
V= π r H
Cone connected by a sector 3
wrapped around

Sphere “Ball” – all the points in SA=4 π r 2 4 3

V= πr
space equidistant from a 3
center point.
 Geometry
Vocabulary Notes
Unit 8: Polyhedra
Name: ______________________________________________________ Date: ______________
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SA=LW + P l
Rectangular Prism SA=2 LW +2 HW +2 LH Rectangular Pyramid 2

V =LWH LWH
V=
3

Triangular Prism SA=bh+ PH Triangular Pyramid 1 1

SA= bh+ P l
2 2
LWH
V=
2 LWH
V=
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