What Is Quintuple in Math?

A group of five elements, also called a quintuplet or pentad.

How do you quintuple a number?

British Dictionary definitions for quintuple
  1. verb. to multiply by five.
  2. adjective. five times as much or as many; fivefold. consisting of five parts.
  3. noun. a quantity or number five times as great as another.

What is 6 of something called?

sextuple (not comparable) Having six parts. Being six times as great.

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