Eight (8) is the
natural number following
seven and preceding
nine.
Eight is a composite number, its proper divisors being 1, 2, and 4.
8 is the base of the octal number system, which is mostly used with computers.
A polygon with eight sides is an octagon[?].
Eight is also:
- Eight (八 pinyin ba1) is considered a lucky number in Chinese culture because it sounds like the word "prosper" (發 pinyin fa1).
- In Buddhism, the Eightfold Path is the way to spiritual progress
- October was the eighth month in the Roman calendar, August is currently the eighth month.
- Eight cannot be said by a wizard on the Discworld and is also the number of Bel-Shamharoth.
- Eight was represented in bingo slang, before political correctness as 'One Fat Lady.' Eighty-eight is 'Two Fat Ladies'.
- "Eight maids a milking"
- The number on Walt Disney's Herbie[?] adds up to eight.
- The number of musicians in an octet.
For the year AD 8, see
8.