Identifying Prisms and Pyramids

Identifying Prisms

• To determine what name goes in front of 'prism', identify what shape goes throughout

• For instance, look at triangular prism...notice how our prism is just an elongated triangle.

• Similarly, a hexagonal prism is just a very long hexagon!

Difference between pyramids and prisms

• What differences do you seen between a prism and a pyramid?

• A prism is a consistent shape throughout the 3-dimensional shape

• A pyramid comes to a point at the top.

• For a rectangular pyramid, it starts out as a rectangle for the base, but comes to a point

Multiple Choice

What kind of prism is this?

• Rectangular

• Triangular

• Pentagonal

• Hexagonal

Multiple Choice

What kind of pyramid is this?

• Rectangular

• Triangular

• Pentagonal

• Hexagonal