A ball is, in most cases, a sphere.
Hexagon and pentagon
soccer Ball and snowflakes
A hexagon has six sides. Examples of objects that are hexagonal in shape include:Hex nutsHoneycombsThe white parts of a soccer ball
The pattern on a soccer ball is usually a black pentagon surrounded by six white hexagons. Each white hexagon is surrounded by three black pentagons and three other white hexagons, with those two shapes alternating around the said white hexagon.
None anymore, the classic 20 hexagon and 12 pentagon shape is no longer used.
It isn't called soccer ball because the soccer ball is the ball you use in soccer. See? I have actually heard people call it soccer and soccer ball.
A hexagon is itself a polygon so it makes little sense to ask about hexagons and polygons. In any case, there were no polygons in the official soccer ball at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. The ball was the Adidas Brazuca and it was made from six rounded cross-like shapes.
A pencil, quilt block, tiles for the floor, snowflakes, nuts and bolts, honeycomb, chicken wire and soccer ball!
soccer ball, just did it
In the majority of soccer balls today (though there are some variations), there are 32 panels on the ball, and they combine hexagons and pentagons to create the cover for the air-filled bladder. Each pentagon is bordered on all sides by a hexagon. Use the link below to see some pictures.
An official soccer ball with hexagons and pentagons used as the pattern to cover it's internal rubber bladder consists of 32 panels. (There are other patterns available.)The 32 panel pattern is as follows:each pentagon is surrounded by five hexagonsthree pentagons touch each hexagon, each pentagon is separated by one of the sides of the hexagonthe lengths of the sides of the hexagons and pentagons are the sameThis being said, on an official soccer ball there are 20 hexagons and 12 pentagons.