The Number "5"

       The evolution of the modern Western glyph for five cannot be neatly traced back to the Indian system as for the numbers 1 to 4. The Kushana and Gupta empires in what is now India had among themselves several different glyphs which bear no resemblance to the modern glyph. The Nagari and Punjabi took these glyphs and all came up with glyphs that are similar to a lowercase "h" rotated 180°. The Ghubar Arabs transformed the glyph in several different ways, producing glyphs that were more similar to the numbers 4 or 3 than to the number 5.

      It was from those characters that Europeans finally came up with the modern 5, though from purely graphical evidence, it would be much easier to conclude that the modern symbol came from the Khmer. The Khmer glyph develops from the Kushana/Ândhra/Gupta numeral, its shape looking like the modern version with an extended swirled 'tail.' Read more...

Coloring Pages About the Number "5" 

• Gem Numbers: Five
• Puzzle Numbers: Five
• Mosaic Numbers: Five
  

Here are The Jackson Five singing about the Alphabet and love. 

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More Music Video About the Number "5"

• Sesame Street: Pentatonix Counts (& Sings) to Five
• Count by 5 with lyrics by The Singing Walrus