We study two topological properties of the 5-ary n-cube $Q_{n}^{5}$. Given two arbitrary distinct nodes x and y in $Q_{n}^{5}$, we prove that there exists an x-y path of every length ranging from 2n to 5n - 1, where n ≥ 2. Based on this result, we prove that $Q_{n}^{5}$ is 5-edge-pancyclic by showing that every edge in $Q_{n}^{5}$ lies on a cycle of every length ranging from 5 to 5n.

Motivated by a question of Per Enflo, we develop a hypercube criterion for locating linear isometric copies of $\ell _{1}^{\left( n \right)}$ in an arbitrary real normed space $X$.

The said criterion involves finding ${{2}^{n}}$ points in $X$ that satisfy one metric equality. This contrasts nicely to the standard classical criterion wherein one seeks $n$ points that satisfy ${{2}^{n-1}}$ metric equalities.