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5 (number) facts for kids

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Cardinal five
Ordinal 5th
(fifth)
Numeral system quinary
Factorization prime
Divisors 1, 5
Greek numeral Ε´
Roman numeral V
Roman numeral (unicode) Ⅴ, ⅴ
Greek prefix penta-/pent-
Latin prefix quinque-/quinqu-/quint-
Binary 1012
Ternary 123
Senary 56
Octal 58
Duodecimal 512
Hexadecimal 516
Greek ε (or Ε)
Arabic ٥,5
Persian ۵
Urdu
Ge'ez
Bengali
Kannada
Punjabi
Chinese numeral 五,伍
Korean 다섯,오
Devanāgarī
Hebrew ה (Hey)
Khmer
Telugu
Malayalam
Tamil
Thai

The number five is a number that comes after four and before the number six. In Roman numerals, it is V.

Mathematics

Five is the third prime number, after two and three, and before seven. The number five is also an odd number.

Most people have five fingers on each hand and five toes on each foot.

Creation

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The number five changing over time, from ancient times to modern times

It is not known for certain who and how the shape of the number five was created, but most people think it was made by the Brahmin Indians.

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