5

Summary

5 is a prime number^[1]. 5 draws 2,752 Wikipedia views per month (prime_number category, ranking #1 of 5).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5's instance of is recorded as prime number^[3].
• 5's instance of is recorded as Fermat number^[4].
• 5's instance of is recorded as positive integer^[5].
• 5's instance of is recorded as automorphic number^[6].
• 5's instance of is recorded as odd number^[7].
• 5's instance of is recorded as centered square number^[8].
• 5's instance of is recorded as centered tetrahedral number^[9].
• 5's instance of is recorded as pentagonal number^[10].
• 5's instance of is recorded as pentatope number^[11].
• 5's instance of is recorded as square pyramidal number^[12].
• 5's instance of is recorded as Fibonacci prime^[13].
• 5's instance of is recorded as Fibonacci number^[14].
• 5's instance of is recorded as factorial prime^[15].
• 5's instance of is recorded as harshad number^[16].
• 5's instance of is recorded as primorial prime^[17].
• 5's instance of is recorded as trimorphic number^[18].
• 5's instance of is recorded as Fermat prime^[19].
• 5 followed 4^[20].
• 5 was followed by 6^[21].
• 5's Commons category is recorded as 5 (number)^[22].
• 5's Unicode character is recorded as 5^[23].
• 5's Unicode character is recorded as ٥^[24].
• 5's Unicode character is recorded as ۵^[25].
• 5's Unicode character is recorded as ₅^[26].
• 5's Unicode character is recorded as Ⅴ^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include prime number^[3], Fermat number^[4], positive integer^[5], automorphic number^[6], odd number^[7], and centered square number^[8].

Influence

Things named for 5 include Punjab^[28], a region^[29], in Pakistan^[30]; Project Cybersyn^[31], a project^[32], in Chile^[33], founded in 1971^[34]; Friday^[35], a day of the week^[36]; Thursday^[37], a day of the week^[38]; P-5^[39], a missile model^[40], founded in 1950^[41]; peta^[42], a SI prefix^[43]; pentagonite^[44], a mineral species^[45]; and Pipistrellus bat coronavirus HKU5^[46], a taxon^[47].

Why It Matters

5 draws 2,752 Wikipedia views per month (prime_number category, ranking #1 of 5).^[2] 5 has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[48] 5 is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[49]

Entities named for 5 include Punjab^[28], a region^[29], in Pakistan^[30]; Project Cybersyn^[31], a project^[32], in Chile^[33], founded in 1971^[34]; Friday^[35], a day of the week^[36]; Thursday^[37], a day of the week^[38]; P-5^[39], a missile model^[40], founded in 1950^[41]; and peta^[42], a SI prefix^[43].