base 6 is a positional numeral system with six as its base. It uses 6 different digits for representing numbers. The digits for base 6 could be 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.
base 9 is a positional numeral system with nine as its base. It uses 9 different digits for representing numbers. The digits for base 9 could be 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8.