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6 (number)

← 5 6 7 →
−1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Cardinal six
Ordinal 6th
(sixth)
Numeral system senary
Factorization 2 × 3
Divisors 1, 2, 3, 6
Roman numeral VI
Roman numeral (unicode) Ⅵ, ⅵ, ↅ
Greek prefix /
Latin prefix /
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 & Kurdish ٦
Persian ۶
Urdu ۶
Amharic
Bengali
Chinese numeral 六,陆
Devanāgarī
Hebrew ו (Vav)
Khmer
Thai
Telugu
Tamil
Saraiki ٦

6 (six /ˈsɪxs/) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7.

The SI prefix for 10006 is exa- (E), and for its reciprocal atto- (a).

6 is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number. Six is the second smallest composite number; its proper divisors are 1, 2 and 3.

Since six equals the sum of its proper divisors, six is the smallest perfect number, Granville number, and -perfect number.

As a perfect number:

Six is the only number that is both the sum and the product of three consecutive positive numbers.

Unrelated to 6 being a perfect number, a Golomb ruler of length 6 is a "perfect ruler." Six is a congruent number.


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