Almost all amphibians, reptiles, and mammals which have fingers or toes have five of them on each extremity. Computing
5 is the ASCII code of the Enquiry character, which is abbreviated to ENQ. Religion and culture
Hinduism
The god Shiva has five faces and his mantra is also called panchakshari (five-worded) mantra. The goddess Saraswati, goddess of knowledge and intellectual is associated with panchami or the number 5. There are five elements in the universe according to Hindu cosmology: dharti, agni, jal, vayu evam akash (earth, fire, water, air and space respectively). The most sacred tree in Hinduism has 5 leaves in every leaf stunt. Most of the flowers have 5 petals in them. The epic Mahabharata revolves around the battle between Duryodhana and his 99 other brothers and the 5 pandava princes—Dharma, Arjuna, Bhima, Nakula and Sahadeva. Christianity
There are traditionally five wounds of Jesus Christ in Christianity: the Scourging at the Pillar, the Crowning with Thorns, the wounds in Christs hands, the wounds in Christs feet, and the Side Wound of Christ. Gnosticism
The number five was an important symbolic number in Manichaeism, with heavenly beings, concepts, and others often grouped in sets of five. Five Seals in Sethianism
Five Trees in the Gospel of Thomas

Islam
The Five Pillars of Islam
Muslims pray to Allah five times a day
According to Shia Muslims, the Panjetan or the Five Holy Purified Ones are the members of Muhammads family: Muhammad, Ali, Fatimah, Hasan, and Husayn and are often symbolically represented by an image of the Khamsa.
Literature
The Famous Five is a series of childrens books by British writer Enid Blyton
The Power of Five is a series of childrens books by British writer and screenwriter Anthony Horowitz
The Fall of Five is a book written under the collective pseudonym Pittacus Lore in the series Lorien Legacies
The Book of Five Rings is a text on kenjutsu and the martial arts in general, written by the swordsman Miyamoto Musashi circa 1645
Slaughterhouse-Five is a book by Kurt Vonnegut about World War II

Sports
The Olympic Games have five interlocked rings as their symbol, representing the number of inhabited continents represented by the Olympians (Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and Oceania, and the Americas). In AFL Womens, the top level of womens Australian rules football, each team is allowed 5 "interchanges" (substitute players), who can be freely substituted at any time. In baseball scorekeeping, the number 5 represents the third basemans position. In basketball:
The number 5 is used to represent the position of center. Each team has five players on the court at a given time. Thus, the phrase "five on five" is commonly used to describe standard competitive basketball. The "5-second rule" refers to several related rules designed to promote continuous play. In all cases, violation of the rule results in a turnover. Under the FIBA (used for all international play, and most non-US leagues) and NCAA womens rule sets, a team begins shooting bonus free throws once its opponent has committed five personal fouls in a quarter.