A rectangular prism is a three-dimensional shape, having six faces, where all the faces (top, bottom, and lateral faces) of the prism are rectangles such that every two opposite side faces are identical. ... A rectangular prism is also known as a cuboid.

Can a cuboid be a rectangular prism?

In a rectangular cuboid, all angles are right angles, and opposite faces of a cuboid are equal. By definition this makes it a right rectangular prism, and the terms rectangular parallelepiped or orthogonal parallelepiped are also used to designate this polyhedron.

Are Cuboids the same as rectangles?

A cuboid is a box-shaped object. It has six flat faces and all angles are right angles. And all of its faces are rectangles. ... In fact it is a rectangular prism.