PENTAGONAL TRAPEZOHEDRON

Pentagonal trapezohedron
Tetragonal trapezohedron ''Click on picture for large version.''
Type	trapezohedra
Faces	10 kites
Edges	20
Vertices	12
Face configuration	5,3,3,3
Symmetry group	''D''''5d''
Dual polyhedron	pentagonal antiprism
Properties	convex, face-transitive

The 'pentagonal trapezohedron' or 'deltohedron' is the third in an infinite series of face-transitive polyhedra which are dual polyhedron to the antiprisms. It has ten faces (i.e., it is a decahedron) which are congruent kites.
It can be decomposed into two pentagonal pyramids and a pentagonal antiprism in the middle.

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As a die

References

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As a die

Some role-playing games and miniature wargames use ten-sided dice, typically pentagonal trapezohedra, to get random decimal numbers, such as percentages. To improve rolling, the edges are usually rounded or sub-faces introduced by truncation.
Each face has two long edges and two short edges. The five odd-numbered faces meet at the common vertex of their long edges. The five even-numbered faces meet at the common vertex of ''their'' long edges.
There seems to be a standard configuration for the numbers on 10-sided dice. If one holds such a die between one's fingers at two of the vertices such that the even numbers are on top, and reads the numbers from left to right in a zigzag pattern, the sequence obtained is 0, 7, 4, 1, 6, 9, 2, 5, 8, 3, and back to 0. (In this position, odd numbers appear upside-down.) Opposite sides on such a die total nine.
These dice are often sold in pairs for use as a percentile die. One die will be marked by tens from 00 through 90, and the other will have units from 0 to 9. The use of such markings is to generate random numbers from 00 to 99, also known as percentile. In practice, two dice of different colors are usually easier to read; however, having a specifically marked tens die prevents players from being able to vacillate over which die they "meant" to represent the tens digit after receiving the results of the roll.
Regular icosahedra with two sides each marked 0 to 9 are also referred to as ten-sided dice, and sometimes preferred due to their more regular shape (see platonic solid) that improves rolling.

References

★ Cundy H.M and Rollett, A.P. ''Mathematical models'', 2nd Edn. Oxford University Press (1961), (3rd edition 1989) p. 117

External links

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★ Virtual Reality Polyhedra www.georgehart.com: The Encyclopedia of Polyhedra

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★ VRML model

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★ Conway Notation for Polyhedra Try: "dA5"

★ Dungeons & Dragons Dice Roller