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Ten-sided for Dummies

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What does Ten-sided really mean?

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Ten-sided means an object that has ten sides. Imagine a basketball. It is round and has no corners, so we can say that a basketball is zero-sided. On the other hand, imagine a cube. A cube has six flat sides, and we call it a six-sided object. Now, imagine an object with ten flat sides. That would be a ten-sided object.

Let's use an analogy to help us understand this even better. Picture a stop sign. You see, a stop sign has eight sides, so we call it an octagon. It's like a shape that looks like an eight-sided "shape monster!" Now, imagine if the stop sign grew two more sides. It would have ten sides, right? So, we would call it a ten-sided object. It's like the shape monster grew two extra arms!

Remember when we learned about numbers? We can also think of it like a ten-sided object being like the number ten. When we count from one to ten, we are counting ten numbers. Each number is like a side on the object. So, just like we use the word "ten" to describe the number of things we have, we can use the word "ten-sided" to describe an object that has ten sides.

Revised and Fact checked by Michael Rodriguez on 2023-10-30 05:16:22

Ten-sided In a sentece

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  • A ten-sided shape is like a picture of a stop sign that has ten equal sides.
  • A ten-sided die, like the ones we use for board games, is a small cube with numbers from one to ten on its sides.
  • A ten-sided polygon is a shape that has ten straight sides and ten angles.
  • A ten-sided prism is a solid figure that looks like a long, skinny box with ten faces, all of which are rectangles.
  • A ten-sided pyramid is a three-dimensional shape that has a base with ten sides and ten triangular faces that meet at a point on top.

Ten-sided Similar Words

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