quinary
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Modern mathematicians would say that Gog, the wolf carver, used a five-based or quinary counting system.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Numbers like seven and 31 belonged to all of these systems, quinary, decimal, and vigesimal alike.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Even in the South American binary counting schemes, linguists see the beginnings of a quinary system.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
This leads the quinary into the vigesimal scale, and produces the combination so often found in certain parts of the world.
From The Number Concept Its Origin and Development by Conant, Levi Leonard
As the count proceeds further, the quinary base may be retained, or it may be supplanted by a decimal or a vigesimal base.
From The Number Concept Its Origin and Development by Conant, Levi Leonard
