Go to Surface Area or Volume.

Tetrahedron Facts

Notice these interesting things:


When we have more than one tetrahedron they are called tetrahedra



The tetrahedron also has a beautiful and unique property ...
all four vertices are the same distance from each other! (thanks Ganesh)

And it is the only Platonic Solid with no parallel faces.


tetrahedron irregular

When we say "tetrahedron" we often mean "regular tetrahedron" (in other words all faces are the same size and shape)

But it could be an irregular tetrahedron, like this one:


dice tetrahedron

4-Sided Dice? Yes! A tetrahedron that has 4 equal faces has an equal chance of landing on any face.



Make your own Tetrahedron,
cut out the shape and glue it together.
Tetrahedron Model Template

Surface Area and Volume

For a regular tetrahedron:

tetrahedron edge length

Surface Area = √3 × (Edge Length)2

Volume = √212 × (Edge Length)3

Inside a Cube


Here we see a regular tetrahedron's corners matching neatly with half of the cube's corners.

Can you work out the volume of the cube compared to that tetrahedron?