Hexahedron

Pronunciation: /ˌhɛk.səˈhid.rən/ Explain

Click on the blue point and drag it to change the figure. Manipulative 1 - Cube Created with GeoGebra.

A hexahedron is a six sided polyhedron. A regular hexahedron is a cube. The sides of a cube are six congruent squares. Click on the blue point in manipulative 1 and drag it to rotate the cube. Geometric Nets A geometric net is a shape that can exist in 2-space, which can be folded into a polyhedron. Click on the name of the net to download a printable net you can cut out and decorate. Hexahedron Nets Image Name Description Quadrilateral Frustum A quadrilateral frustum is a apex-truncated quadrilateral pyramid. It has a square for a base, a square for a top, and sloping sides. Pentagonal Pyramid A pentagonal pyramid has a pentagonal base with straight sides that come to a point. Rhombic Prism A rhombic prism has a Rhombic base with rectangular sides. Triangular Dipyramid A triangular dipyramid has a triangles that meet in the middle in the form of a triangle with sides that come to a point. Table 1

References

1. McAdams, David E.. All Math Words Dictionary, hexahedron. 2nd Classroom edition 20150108-4799968. pg 90. Life is a Story Problem LLC. January 8, 2015. Buy the book
2. Beman, Wooster Woodruff; Smith, David Eugene. Solid Geometry. pg 287. www.archive.org. Ginn & Company, Publishers. 1903. Last Accessed 7/18/2018. http://www.archive.org/stream/solidgeometry00bema#page/287/mode/1up/search/hexahedron. Buy the book
3. Bruce, W. H. and Cody, C. C. Elements of Solid Geometry. pg 31. www.archive.org. The Southern Publishing Company. 1914. Last Accessed 7/18/2018. http://www.archive.org/stream/elementsofsolidg00bruciala#page/31/mode/1up/search/hexahedron. Buy the book

More Information

• McAdams, David E.. Polyhedron. allmathwords.org. All Math Words Encyclopedia. Life is a Story Problem LLC. 3/12/2009. http://www.allmathwords.org/en/p/polyhedron.html.

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McAdams, David E. Hexahedron. 12/21/2018. All Math Words Encyclopedia. Life is a Story Problem LLC. http://www.allmathwords.org/en/h/hexahedron.html.

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• All images and manipulatives are by David McAdams unless otherwise stated. All images by David McAdams are Copyright © Life is a Story Problem LLC and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Revision History

12/21/2018: Reviewed and corrected IPA pronunication. (McAdams, David E.)
7/16/2018: Removed broken links, updated license, implemented new markup, implemented new Geogebra protocol. (McAdams, David E.)
2/8/2010: Added "References". (McAdams, David E.)
9/24/2008: Initial version. (McAdams, David E.)