In mathematics

List of basic calculations

Evolution of the glyph

Science

• The atomic number ofboron.

• The number of appendages on most starfish, which exhibit pentamerism.

• The most destructive knownhurricanesrate as Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale.

• The most destructive known tornadoes rate an F-5 on the Fujita scale or EF-5 on the Enhanced Fujita scale.

Astronomy

• Messier object M5, a magnitude 7.0 globular cluster in the constellation Serpens.

• The New General Catalogue object^[6]NGC 5, a magnitude 13 spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda.

• The Roman numeral V stands for dwarfs (main sequence stars) in the Yerkes spectral classification scheme.

• The Roman numeral V (usually) stands for the fifth-discovered satellite of a planet or minor planet (e.g. Jupiter V).

• There are five Lagrangian points in a two-body system.

Biology

• Perception is conceived to occur through five senses.

• Almost all amphibians, reptiles, and mammals which have fingers or toes have five of them on each extremity.^[5]

Computing

• 5 is the ASCII code of the Enquiry character, which is abbreviated to ENQ.

Religion and culture

Hinduism

• The god Shiva has five faces and his Mantra is also called Panchakshari (Five Worded) mantra.

• The goddess Saraswati, goddess of knowledge and intellectual is associated with Panchami or number 5.

• There are five elements in this universe: Dharti, Agni, Jal, Vayu evam Akash (Earth, Fire, Water, Air and Space respectively).

• The most sacred tree in Hinduism has 5 leaves in every leaf stunt.

• Most of the flowers have 5 petals in them.

• The epicMahabharatarevolves around the battle between Duryodhana and his 99 other brothers and the 5 pandava princes -Dharma, Arjuna, Bhima, Nakula and Sahadeva.

Christianity

• There are traditionally Five Wounds of Jesus Christ in Christianity: the Scourging at the Pillar, the Crowning with Thorns, the wounds in Christ’s hands, the wounds in Christ’s feet, and the Side Wound of Christ.

Discordianism

• In Discordianism, 5 is seen as a very important number. This is demonstrated in the Law of Fives, as well as in the Pentabarf, which contains five rules.

• Each page of the Principia Discordia—the primary religious document in Discordianism—is labeled with five digits.

Islam

• The Five Pillars of Islam

• Muslims pray to Allah five times a day

• According to Shia Muslims, the Panjetan or the Five Holy Purified Ones are the members ofMuhammad‘s family:Muhammad, Ali, Fatimah, Hasan, and Husayn and is often symbolically represented by an image of the Khamsa.

Judaism

• TheTorahcontains five books—Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy—which are collectively called the Five Books ofMoses, the Pentateuch (Greekfor “five containers”, referring to the scroll cases in which the books were kept), or Humash (חומש,Hebrewfor “fifth”).

• The book ofPsalmsis arranged into five books, paralleling the Five Books of Moses.

• The Khamsa, an ancient symbol shaped like a hand with four fingers and one thumb, is used as a protective amulet by Jews; that same symbol is also very popular in Arabic culture, known to protect from envy and the evil eye.

Sikhism

• The five sacredSikhsymbols prescribed by Guru Gobind Singh are commonly known aspanj kakarsor the “Five Ks” because they start with letter K representingkakka(ਕ) in thePunjabi language‘s Gurmukhi script. They are:kesh(unshorn hair),kangha(the comb),kara(the steel bracelet),kachhehra(the soldiers shorts), andkirpan(the sword) (in Gurmukhi: ਕੇਸ, ਕੰਘਾ, ਕੜਾ, ਕਛਹਰਾ, ਕਿਰਪਾਨ). Also, there are five deadly evils:kam(lust),krodh(anger),moh(attachment),lobh(greed), and ankhar

Daoism

• 5 Elements

• 5 Emperors

Other religions and cultures

• According to ancient Greek philosophers such asAristotle, the universe is made up of five classical elements: water, earth, air, fire, and ether. This concept was later adopted by Medieval alchemists and more recently by practitioners of Neo-Pagan religions such as Wicca.

• The pentagram, or five-pointed star, bears religious significance in various faiths including Baha’i, Christianity,Freemasonry,Satanism,Taoism,Thelema, and Wicca.

• InCantonese, “five” sounds like the word “not” (character: 唔). When five appears in front of a lucky number, e.g. “58”, the result is considered unlucky.

• In East Asian tradition, there are five elements: (water, fire, earth, wood, and metal). TheJapanesenames for the days of the week, Tuesday through Saturday, come from these elements via the identification of the elements with the five planets visible with the naked eye. Also, the traditional Japanese calendar has a five-day weekly cycle that can be still observed in printed mixed calendars combining Western, Chinese-Buddhist, and Japanese names for each weekday.

• Members of The Nation of Gods and Earths, a primarily African American religious organization, call themselves the “Five-Percenters” because they believe that only 5% of mankind is truly enlightened.

Art, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

• James the Red Engine, a fictional character numbered 5.

• Johnny 5 is the lead character in the filmShort Circuit(1986)

• Number Five is a character in Lorien Legacies

• Sankara Stones, five magical rocks in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

• The Mach Five (マッハ号 Mahha-gō?), the racing car Speed Racer (Go Mifune in the Japanese version) drives in the anime series of the same name (known as “Mach Go!

• Go!

• Go!” in Japan)

• In the works ofJ. R. R. Tolkien, five wizards (Saruman, Gandalf, Radagast, Alatar and Pallando) are sent to Middle-earth to aid against the threat of the Dark Lord Sauron

• In the A Song of Ice and Fire series, the War of the Five Kings is fought between different claimants to the Iron Throne of Westeros, as well to the thrones of the individual regions of Westeros (Joffrey Baratheon, Stannis Baratheon, Renly Baratheon, Robb Stark and Balon Greyjoy)

• Myst**The Myst Readerseries, it is further explained that the number 5 is considered a holy number in the fictional D’ni society.

• Number Five is also a character in The Umbrella Academy comic book and TV series adaptation

Films

• Towards the end of the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), the character ofKing Arthurrepeatedly confuses the number five with the number three.

• Five Go Mad in Dorset (1982) was the first of the long-running series of The Comic Strip Presents…

• The Fifth Element

• Fast Five (2011), the fifth installment of theFast and Furiousfilm series.

• V for Vendetta (2005), produced byWarner Bros., directed by James McTeigue, and adapted from Alan Moore’s graphic novel V for Vendetta

Music

Groups

• Five (band), a UK Boy band

• The Five (composers), 19th-century Russian composers

• 5 Seconds of Summer, pop band that originated in Sydney, Australia

• Five Americans, American rock band active 1965–1969

• Five Finger Death Punch, American heavy metal band from Las Vegas, Nevada. Active 2005–present

• Five Man Electrical Band, Canadian rock group billed (and active) as the Five Man Electrical Band, 1969–1975

• Maroon 5, American pop rock band that originated in Los Angeles, California

• MC5, American punk rock band

• Pentatonix, a Grammy-winning a cappella group originated in Arlington, Texas

• The 5th Dimension, American pop vocal group, active 1977–present

• The Dave Clark Five, a.k.a. DC5, an English pop rock group comprising Dave Clark, Lenny Davidson, Rick Huxley, Denis Payton, and Mike Smith; active 1958–1970

• The Jackson 5, American pop rock group featuring various members of the Jackson family; they were billed (and active) as The Jackson 5, 1966–1975

• We Five: American folk rock group active 1965–1967 and 1968–1977

• Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five: American rap group, 1970–80’s

• Fifth Harmony, an American girl group.

• Ben Folds Five, an American alternative rock trio, 1993–2000, 2008 and 2011–2013

• R5 (band), an American pop and alternative rock group, 2009-2018

Other uses

• A perfect fifth is the most consonant harmony, and is the basis for most western tuning systems.

• Modern musical notation uses a musical staff made of five horizontal lines.

• In harmonics – the fifth partial (or 4th overtone) of a fundamental has a frequency ratio of 5:1 to the frequency of that fundamental. This ratio corresponds to the interval of 2 octaves plus a pure major third. Thus, the interval of 5:4 is the interval of the pure third. A major triad chord when played in just intonation (most often the case in a cappella vocal ensemble singing), will contain such a pure major third.

• The number of completed, numbered piano concertos ofLudwig van Beethoven,Sergei Prokofiev, and Camille Saint-Saëns.

• Using the Latin root, five musicians are called a quintet.

• A scale with five notes per octave is called a pentatonic scale.

• Five is the lowest possible number that can be the top number of a time signature with an asymmetric meter.

Television

Stations

• Channel 5 (UK), a television channel that broadcasts in the United Kingdom

• 5 (TV channel) (formerly known as ABC 5 and TV5) (DWET-TV channel 5 In Metro Manila) a television network in the Philippines.

Series

• Babylon 5

• The number 5 features in the television seriesBattlestar Galacticain regards to the Final Five cylons and the Temple of Five

• Hi-5(Australian TV series), a television series from Australia

• Hi-5(UK TV series), a television show from the United Kingdom

• Hi-5Philippines a television show from the Philippines

• Odyssey 5

• Tillbaka till Vintergatan

• The Five (talk show): Fox News Channel roundtable current events television show, premiered 2011. So named for its panel of five commentators.

• Yes! PreCure 5 is a 2007 anime series which follows the adventures of Nozomi and her friends. It is also followed by the 2008 sequel Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GoGo!

• Hawaii Five-0, CBS American TV series.

Literature

• The Famous Fiveis a series of children’s books by British writer Enid Blyton

• The Power of Five

• The Fall of Five is a book written under the collective pseudonym Pittacus Lore in the seriesLorien Legacies

• The Book of Five Rings

• Slaughterhouse-Five

Sports

• TheOlympic Gameshave five interlocked rings as their symbol, representing the number of inhabitedcontinentsrepresented by the Olympians (Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and Oceania, and the Americas).

• In AFL Women’s, the top level of women’sAustralian rules football, each team is allowed 5 “interchanges” (substitute players), who can be freely substituted at any time.

• In baseball scorekeeping, the number 5 represents the third baseman’s position.

• In basketball: The number 5 is used to represent the position of center. Each team has five players on the court at a given time. Thus, the phrase “five on five” is commonly used to describe standard competitive basketball. The “5-second rule” refers to several related rules designed to promote continuous play. In all cases, violation of the rule results in a turnover. Under the FIBA (used for all international play, and most non-US leagues) andNCAA women’srule sets, a team begins shooting bonus free throws once its opponent has committed five personal fouls in a quarter.

• Five-a-side football is a variation ofassociation footballin which each team fields five players.

• Inice hockey: A major penalty lasts five minutes.

• There are five different ways that a player can score a goal (teams at even strength, team on the power play, team playing shorthanded, penalty shot, and empty net).

• The area between the goaltender’s legs is known as the five-hole.

• In mostrugby leaguecompetitions, the starting left wing wears this number. An exception is the Super League, which uses static squad numbering.

• Inrugby union: A try is worth 5 points. One of the two starting lock forwards wears number 5, and usually jumps at number 4 in the line-out. In the French variation of the bonus points system, a bonus point in the league standings is awarded to a team that loses by 5 or fewer points.

Technology

• 5 is the most common number of gears for automobiles with manual transmission.

• In radio communication, the term “Five by five” is used to indicate perfect signal strength and clarity.

• On almost all devices with a numeric keypad such as telephones, computers, etc., the 5 key has a raised dot or raised bar to make dialing easier. Persons who are blind or have low vision find it useful to be able to feel the keys of a telephone. All other numbers can be found with their relative position around the 5 button (on computer keyboards, the 5 key of the numpad has the raised dot or bar, but the 5 key that shifts with % does not).

• On mosttelephones, the 5 key is associated with the letters J, K, and L, but on some of theBlackBerryphones, it is the key for G and H.

• The Pentium, coined by Intel Corporation, is a fifth-generationx86architecture microprocessor.

• The resin identification code used in recycling to identify polypropylene.

• A pentamer is an oligomer composed of five subunits.

Miscellaneous fields

• “Give me five” is a common phrase used preceding a high five.

• An informal term for the British Security Service, MI5.

• Five babies born at one time are quintuplets. The most famous set of quintuplets were the Dionne quintuplets born in the 1930s.

• In the United States legal system, theFifth Amendment to the United States Constitutioncan be referred to in court as “pleading the fifth”, absolving the defendant from self-incrimination.

• Pentameter is verse with five repeating feet per line; iambic pentameter was the most popular form inShakespeare.

• Quintessence, meaning “fifth element”, refers to the elusive fifth element that completes the basic four elements (water, fire, air, and earth)

• The designation of anInterstate Highway(Interstate 5) that runs from San Diego, California to Blaine, Washington. In addition, all major north-south Interstate Highways in the United States end in 5.

• The five basictastesare sweet, salty, sour, bitter, and umami.

• In the computer game Riven

• The Garden of Cyrus (1658) by Sir Thomas Browne is a Pythagorean discourse based upon the number 5.

• The holy number of Discordianism, as dictated by the Law of Fives.

• The number of Justices on theSupreme Court of the United Statesnecessary to render a majority decision.

• The number of dots in a quincunx.

• The number of permanent members with veto power on theUnited Nations Security Council.

• The number of sides and the number of angles in a pentagon.

• The number of points in a pentagram.

• The number of Korotkoff sounds when measuring blood pressure

• The drink Five Alive is named for its five ingredients. The drink punch derives its name after the Sanskrit पञ्च (pañc) for having five ingredients.

• The Keating Five were fiveUnited States Senatorsaccused of corruption in 1989.

• The Inferior Five: Merryman, Awkwardman, The Blimp, White Feather, and Dumb Bunny.DC Comicsparody superhero team.

• No. 5 is the name of the iconic fragrance created by Coco Chanel.

• The Committee of Five was delegated to draft theUnited StatesDeclaration of Independence.

• The five-second rule is a commonly used rule of thumb for dropped food.

• 555 95472, usually referred to simply as 5, is a minor male character in the comic stripPeanuts

See also

• Five Families

• Five Nations

• List of highways numbered 5