How to limit the number of posts on the home page?

here’s what I ended up doing:

<?php 
query_posts(array(
'category__not_in' => array($headline),
'post__not_in' => $postnotin,
'paged' => $paged,
'posts_per_page' => 5
));
if ( have_posts() ): $postCount = 0; ?>
<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); $postCount++;
if ($postCount < 6) {
?>
[all my code]

<?php } #end if ?> 
<?php endwhile;?>

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