Six (6) is the
natural number following
five and preceding
seven.
Six is the second smallest composite number, its proper divisors being 1, 2 and 3. Since six equals the sum of these proper divisors, six is a perfect number. The next perfect number is 28.
Six is also a highly composite number. The next highly composite number is twelve.
The smallest non-abelian group is the symmetric group S3 which has 3! = 6 elements.
A six-sided polygon is a hexagon. A solid with six faces is a hexahedron (of which the cube is a special case).
Six is also:
- Number Six was the main character in the television series The Prisoner.
- "Six Geese a Laying".
- One of the Winnie the Pooh books was entitled Now We Are Six
- A 'six' is a shot in cricket such that the ball clears the boundary without bouncing.
- A 'six' is the name of the smallest group of Cub Scouts[?], traditionally consisting of six people and is led by a 'sixer'. Logically speaking, this isn't always the case, particularly in packs with less than 6 Cub Scouts in it.
- The number of musicians in a sextet[?].
- The number of sides on a hexagon.
- 666 is considered the Number of the Beast.
For the year AD 6, see
6.