A pyramid is made up of a polygonal base face and triangular faces that meet at a point called the apex. A pyramid is named by the shape of its ‘base’.

Object Details maker Berman, Martin Description The model has three squares faces around a triangular base. Three equilateral triangles rise from the other end to meet at a vertex. Hence the total ...

Example Another name for a tetrahedron is a triangular pyramid. Other pyramids are named after the shape of the polygon at the base. What are the names for these pyramids?