Cube (Hexahedron)

Cube (Hexahedron) Facts
Notice these interesting things:
  It has 6 Faces
  Each face has 4 edges, and is actually a square
  It has 12 Edges
  It has 8 Vertices (corner points)
  and at each vertex 3 edges meet
   
And for reference:
  Surface Area = 6 × (Edge Length)2
  Volume = (Edge Length)3
hexahedron A cube is called a hexahedron because it is a polyhedron that has 6 (hexa- means 6) faces.

Instructions: In "spin" mode it freely spins and will respond to your mouse. In "drag" mode it stops spinning and you can use your mouse to move it.


Note: If you have more than one hexahedron they are called hexahedra (and the plural of cube is cubes of course!)

 

Cubes make nice 6-sided dice, because they are regular in shape, and each face is the same size.

In fact, you can make fair dice out of all of the Platonic Solids.

 

 
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