Fifteen facts about the number five – will your team know all these? This fact file will get them talking at the start of the meeting or about the company newsletter!
- There are five oceans: Antarctic (or Southern), Arctic, Atlantic, Indian and Pacific. The Pacific is the biggest ocean followed by the Atlantic, Indian, Antarctic and then Arctic. They cover 75% of the earth’s surface.
- The Roman numeral for five is V, which comes from a representation of an outstretched hand.
- Leo is the fifth sign of the astrological zodiac.
- E is the fifth letter of the English alphabet. There are five vowels too: a, e, i, o, u.
- May is the fifth month of the year
- A pentagon is a shape with five sides
- The atomic number of boron
- There are five senses: hearing, sight, smell, taste and touch.
- Amphibians, reptiles and mammals have five fingers or five toes.
- Number 5 is the most destructive tornado on the Fujita scale and the most destructive hurricane is a Category 5
- The number of cents in a nickel.
- The US $5 bill features President Abraham Lincoln's portrait on the front and the Lincoln Memorial on the back.
- The £5 note features Queen Elizabeth II on the front (as all bank notes) and Elizabeth Fry on the back. Elizabeth Fry was an English social and prison reformer (Born in 1780 and died in 1845).
- Books include Enid Blyton’s The Famous Five series, Five Children and It, The Book of Five Rings, Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed, and Five Quarters of an Orange.
- Films and TV series include Nine to Five, Five Easy Pieces, and Hawaii Five-O
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