Tetrahedron Facts

Notice these interesting things:

 It has 4 Faces
 Each face is an Equilateral Triangle
 It has 6 Edges
 It has 4 Vertices (corner points)
 and at each vertex 3 edges meet
 It is one of the Platonic Solids

 The tetrahedron also has a beautiful and unique property ... 

all four vertices are the same distance from each other! (thanks Ganesh)
 And it is the only Platonic Solid with no parallel faces.
 When we say "tetrahedron" we often mean "regular tetrahedron" (in other words all faces
are the same size and shape)

 But it could be an irregular tetrahedron, like this oneFor a regular tetrahedron

Surface Area = √3 × (Edge Length)2

Volume = √2l12 × (Edge Length)3

Dodecahedron Facts

 Notice these interesting things:

 It has 12 Faces
 Each face has 5 edges (a pentagon)
 It has 30 Edges
 It has 20 Vertices (corner points)
 and at each vertex 3 edges meet Volume and Surface
Area
 It is one of the Platonic Solid

Dodecahedron

Volume = (15+7×√5)/4 × (Edge Length)3

Surface Area = 3×√(25+10×√5) × (Edge Length)2

It is called a dodecahedron because it is a polyhedron that has 12 faces (from Greek dodeca-
meaning 12).

When we have more than one dodecahedron they are called dodecahedra

When we say "dodecahedron" we often mean "regular dodecahedron" (in other words all faces
are the same size and shape), but it doesn't have to be - this is also a dodecahedron, even though
all faces are not the same.

 
Octahedron Facts
Notice these interesting things:
 It has 8 Faces
 Each face is an Equilateral Triangle
 It has 12 Edges
 It has 6 Vertices (corner points)
 and at each vertex 4 edges meet
 It is one of the Platonic Solids

Volume and Surface Area

Volume = (√2)/3 × (Edge Length)3
Surface Area = 2 × √3 × (Edge Length)2
It is called an octahedron because it is a polyhedron that has 8 (octa-) faces, (like an octopus has
8 tentacles)
When we have more than one octahedron they are called octahedral When we say "octahedron"
we often mean "regular octahedron" (in other words all faces are the same size and shape), but it
doesn't have to be - this is also an octahedron, even though all faces are not the same. (But it may
be better to call it a hexagonal prism).

Icosahedron Facts
Notice these interesting things:
 It has 20 Faces
 Each face is an Equilateral Triangle
 It has 30 Edges
 It has 12 Vertices (corner points)
 and at each vertex 5 edges meet
 It is one of the Platonic Solids
Volume and Surface Area
Volume = 5×(3+√5)/12 × (Edge Length)3
Surface Area = 5×√3 × (Edge Length)2
It is called an icosahedron because it is a polyhedron that has 20 faces (from Greek icosa-
meaning 20)
When we have more than one icosahedron they are called icosahedra

When we say "icosahedron" we often mean "regular icosahedron" (in other words all faces are
the same size and shape), but it doesn't have to be - this is also an icosahedron, even though all
faces are not the same.

 
Hexahedron
Cube
 3 squares meet at each vertex
 6 Faces
 8 Vertices
 12 Edges
 Cube Net
 Cube Net (with tabs)
 Spin a Cube
A polyhedron with 6 (Hexa-) sides.

A cuboid is a hexahedron.

A cube is a regular hexahedron, as all sides are equal and all angles are equal. Cube
When all three lengths are equal it is called a cube (or hexahedron)
and each face is a square.
A cube is still a prism.
And a cube is one of the Platonic Solids.
A cube is just a special case of a square prism, and
A square prism is just a special case of a rectangular prism, and
They are all cuboids!
Note: The name "cuboid" comes from "cube" and -oid (which means "similar to, or resembling")
and so says "it is like a cube".
Another use of -oid is when we talk about the Earth being a spheroid (not exactly a sphere, but
close)
The surface area is found using the formula:
Area = 2 × Width × Length + 2 × Length × Height + 2 × Width × Height
cuboid area 2wl 2lh and 2hw
Which can be shortened to: A = 2wl + 2lh + 2hw
Example: Find the surface area of this cuboid
A= 2wl + 2lh + 2hw
  = 2×4×10 + 2×10×5 + 2×5×4
  = 80 + 100 + 40
  = 220
The volume of a cuboid is found using the formula:
Volume = Length × Width × Height
Which can be shortened to: V = l × w × h
Or more simply:V = lwh
PLATONIC
here are five Platonic Solids.

Each one is a polyhedron (a solid with flat faces).

They are special because every face is a regular polygon of the same size and shape.

Example: each face of the cube is a square.

They are also convex (no "dents" or indentations in them).

They are named after Plato, a famous Greek philosopher and mathematician.
Compare and contrast the polyhedron….

This 5 regular polyhedron is all platonic Solids

A Platonic Solid is a 3D shape where:
 each face is the same regular polygon
 the same number of polygons meet at each vertex (corner)