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UKMT Junior Mathematical Challenge, 2021

Geometry Difficulty 2.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

A particular prism has ten faces. How many edges does it have?

(A) $20$ (B) $21$ (C) $24$ (D) $27$ (E) $30$

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