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Platonic Solids Vocabulary

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regulara polygon that has all equal sides and angles
polygona closed figure with 3 or more line segments
congruentfigures that are the same size and shape
vertexwhere 3 or more faces meet
edgethe line where 2 faces meet
facethe polygons that make up a solid
polyhedrona solid figure made up of polygons
penta-a prefix meaning 5
octa-a prefix meaning 8
hexa-a prefix meaning 6
equilateral trianglea triangle with congruent sides
squarea regular quadrilateral
cubea Platonic Solid made up of squares
adjacentif the faces of a solid share an edge
dodeca-a prefix meaning 12
tetra-a prefix meaning 4
icosa-a prefix meaning 20
platonic solida solid made up of congruent regular polygons
inscribedwhen one figure is drawn inside another so that they touch
dualswhen one platonic solid can be inscribed in the other


Math Teacher
Dover-Sherborn Middle School
Dover, MA

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