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Platonic Solids
There are five platonic solids
Below are the five platonic solids (or
regular polyhedra
). For each solid there is a printable net. These nets can be printed onto a piece of card. You can then make your own platonic solids. Cut them out and tape the edges together.
Tetrahedron
4 Faces
4 Vertices
6 Edges
Tetrahedron Net
Tetrahedron Model
Spin a Tetrahedron
Cube
6 Faces
8 Vertices
12 Edges
Cube Net
Cube Model
Spin a Cube
Octahedron
8 Faces
6 Vertices
12 Edges
Octahedron net
Octahedron Model
Spin an Octahedron
Dodecahedron
12 Faces
20 Vertices
30 Edges
Dodecahedron net
Dodecahedron Model
Spin a Dodecahedron
Icosahedron
20 Faces
12 Vertices
30 Edges
Icosahedron net
Icosahedron Model
Spin an Icosahedron
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