Gabe is mapping out important family events. He uses negative numbers to represent time before he was born and positive numbers to represent time after he was born. For example, Gabe's mom was given a special coin in year −20, and Gabe's sister was born in year 7. What does year 0 represent? Choose 1 answer: (A) The year Gabe's sister was born (B) The year Gabe's mom was given a special coin (C) The year Gabe was born
Q. Gabe is mapping out important family events. He uses negative numbers to represent time before he was born and positive numbers to represent time after he was born. For example, Gabe's mom was given a special coin in year −20, and Gabe's sister was born in year 7. What does year 0 represent? Choose 1 answer: (A) The year Gabe's sister was born (B) The year Gabe's mom was given a special coin (C) The year Gabe was born
Negative/Positive Numbers Representation: Gabe uses negative numbers to represent time before he was born and positive numbers to represent time after he was born. This means that year 0 would be the transition point between before Gabe was born (negative numbers) and after Gabe was born (positive numbers).
Year 0 as Transition Point: Since year 0 is the point of transition, it cannot be the year Gabe's sister was born (year 7) or the year Gabe's mom was given a special coin (year −20). Therefore, year 0 must represent the year Gabe was born.