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This page is about the number six. For the year, see 6
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| Cardinal | six | |||
| Ordinal | 6th (sixth) |
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| Numeral system | senary | |||
| Factorization | 2 · 3 | |||
| Divisors | 1, 2, 3, 6 | |||
| Roman numeral | VI | |||
| Roman numeral (unicode) | Ⅵ, ⅵ, ↅ | |||
| Greek prefix | hexa-/hex- | |||
| Latin prefix | sexa-/sex- | |||
| Binary | 1102 | |||
| Ternary | 203 | |||
| Quaternary | 124 | |||
| Quinary | 115 | |||
| Senary | 106 | |||
| Octal | 68 | |||
| Duodecimal | 612 | |||
| Hexadecimal | 616 | |||
| Vigesimal | 620 | |||
| Base 36 | 636 | |||
| Greek | στ (or ΣΤ or ς) | |||
| Arabic | ٦ | |||
| Persian | ۶ | |||
| Urdu | ||||
| Amharic | ፮ | |||
| Bengali | ৬ | |||
| Chinese numeral | 六，陆 | |||
| Devanāgarī | ६ | |||
| Hebrew | ו (Vav) | |||
| Khmer | ៦ | |||
| Thai | ๖ | |||
| Telugu | ౬ | |||
| Tamil | ௬ | |||
Pronunciation of the number 6
The number six is a natural number that comes after the number five and before the number seven. Six is also the first perfect number which means that the sum of its factors (1, 2 and 3) are equal to the number itself (6). The next perfect number is 28. In Roman numerals, it is VI.
Mathematics
In mathematics, the number six is an even number.