Quinary (base 5 or pental [1] [2] [3]) is a numeral system with five as the base. A possible origination of a quinary system is that there are five digits on either hand. In the quinary place system, five numerals, from 0 to 4, are used to represent any real number.

The main difference between base five numeration system and our familiar base 10 numeration system is that grouping is done in groups of 5 instead of 10. For instance, to represent 24 in base 10 using sticks, you could use two groups of ten and 4 as shown below

How to Show the Base. To show what base a number has, put the base in the lower right like this: 101 2 This shows that is in Base 2 (Binary) 314 8 This shows that is in Base 8 (Octal)

Addition in base five is similar to addition in base 10 and it is not complicated once you understand the basics. Base 10 uses 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 Base 5 uses 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4

Here you can represent numbers in base 5 using "blocks". Each "unit" is 1, a "long" is 5, and a "flat" is 25. You can change the numbers, put and take apart the different blocks, and use this to see how to count, add, and subtract in different operations.

Use Cuemath's Online Base-5 Calculator and find the Base-5 equivalent for any number. Simplify your math calculations and save time!

This video explains the basics of the base 5 number system.

Online number system calculator for conversion from base 5 to base 10. Step by step conversion tool from base 5 to decimal. Base converters with fractional parts.

In base 5, we can write any number, as big or small as we want, using only 5 digits: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4. We can tell the size of the number by the position it’s in.

See base 5 multiplication Tables online and print them. Base 5 multiplication tables for various ranges and numbers in easy to read and print formats.