Question

How many sigma bonds are in benzene?

Answer 1

Benzene is a six-membered aromatic ring.

Any sigma (`sigma`) bond is the head-on overlap between two `sigma`-compatible orbitals.

Every double bond or single bond will contain exactly one `sigma` bond. A double bond contains an additional `pi` bond.

Thus, regardless of the depiction of benzene, whether it's the conjugated, delocalized, or "metal nut" depictions, it contains 6 `\mathbf(sigma)` bonds.