little friend
little friend noun: a natural number which when added to another number equals 5.
Noun
little friend (plural little friends)
- A natural number which when added to another number equals 5.
- The little friend of 2 is 3 because 2 + 3 = 5.
- In Sessions 6 and 7, the little friends (terminology that refers to the numbers that are missing to reach another number, e.g., the number 1 is missing 4 to reach 5, so 1 is a little friend of 4) were applied in addition to being used when a calculation could not be performed directly because there...2021 February 21, Samuel P. León, María del Carmen Carcelén Fraile, Inmaculada García-Martínez, “Development of Cognitive Abilities through the Abacus in Primary Education Students: A Randomized...
- Synonyms:
- small friend
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see little, friend.
Synonyms of little friend
- small friend
Forms of little friend
| plural | little friends |
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Questions about little friend
- What does little friend mean?
- Little friend means a natural number which when added to another number equals 5.
- What part of speech is little friend?
- Little friend is a noun.
- What is the plural of little friend?
- The plural of little friend is little friends.
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