Quinary

Quinary

Quinary (base-num|5) is a numeral system with five as the base. This originates from the five fingers on either hand.

In the quinary place system, five numerals from 0 to 4, are used to represent any real number. According to this method, five is written as 10, twenty-five is written as 100 and sixty is written as 220.

Usage

Many languages [Harald Hammarström, [http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~harald2/rara2006.pdf Rarities in Numeral Systems] : "Bases 5, 10, and 20 are omnipresent."] use quinary number systems, including Gumatj, Nunggubuyu, [Citation
title=Facts and fallacies of aboriginal number systems
last=Harris
first=John
editor-last=Hargrave
editor-first=Susanne
pages=153-181
year=1982
journal=Work Papers of SIL-AAB Series B
volume=8
url=http://www1.aiatsis.gov.au/exhibitions/e_access/serial/m0029743_v_a.pdf] , Kuurn Kopan Noot [Dawson, J. " [http://books.google.com/books?id=OdEDAAAAMAAJ Australian Aborigines: The Languages and Customs of Several Tribes of Aborigines in the Western District of Victoria] (1881), p. xcviii.] and Saraveca. Of these, Gumatj is the only true "5-25" language known, in which 25 is the higher group of 5. The Gumatj numerals are shown below:

A decimal system with 5 as a sub-base is called biquinary, and is found in Wolof and Khmer. A vigesimal system with 5 as a sub-base is found in Nahuatl and the Maya numerals.

Roman numerals are a biquinary system. The numbers 1, 5, 10, and 50 are written as I, V, X, and L respectively. Eight is VIII and seventy is LXX.

The Chinese and Japanese versions of the abacus use a biquinary system to simulate a decimal system for ease of calculation.

Urnfield culture numerals and some tally mark systems are also biquinary.

References

ee also

*Pentimal system

External links

* [http://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/convert-base.php?to=quinary Quinary Base Conversion] , includes fractional part, from Math Is Fun


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  • quinary — [kwī′nə rē] adj. [L quinarius < quini, five each < quinque,FIVE] consisting of five; in sets of five n. pl. quinaries a set of five …   English World dictionary

  • quinary — /kwuy neuh ree/, adj., n., pl. quinaries. adj. 1. pertaining to or consisting of five. 2. arranged in fives. 3. of, pertaining to, or noting a numerical system based on the number 5. n. 4. a number in a quinary system. [1595 1605; < L quinarius,… …   Universalium

  • quinary — /ˈkwaɪnəri/ (say kwuynuhree) adjective 1. relating to or consisting of five. 2. arranged in fives. 3. of, relating to, or denoting a numeral system based on the number 5. –noun 4. a number in a quinary system. {Latin quīnārius containing five} …  

  • Quinary system — Quinary Qui na*ry, a. [L. quinarius, from quini five each, akin to quinque five: cf. F. quinaire. See {Five}.] Consisting of five; arranged by fives. Boyle. [1913 Webster] {Quinary system} (Zo[ o]l.), a fanciful classification based on the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • quinary — adjective a) Of fifth rank or order. b) Consisting of five things; arranged in fives …   Wiktionary

  • quinary — kwaɪnÉ™rɪ n. numerical system based on the number 5 adj. fivefold, quintuple; arranged in groups of five; composed of five parts; based on the number 5 …   English contemporary dictionary

  • quinary — [ kwʌɪnəri] adjective relating to the number five; fifth. Origin C17: from L. quinarius, from quini five at once, a set of five , from quinque five …   English new terms dictionary

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