In a board game, negative number cards represent moving backward and positive number cards represent moving forward. For example, Nuha drew a card with 4 and moved forward 4 spaces.Raha draws a card with 0 .What does 0 represent in the board game?Choose 1 answer:(A) Going back to the starting space(B) Not moving any spaces(C) Losing all points
Q. In a board game, negative number cards represent moving backward and positive number cards represent moving forward. For example, Nuha drew a card with 4 and moved forward 4 spaces.Raha draws a card with 0 .What does 0 represent in the board game?Choose 1 answer:(A) Going back to the starting space(B) Not moving any spaces(C) Losing all points
Interpreting the number 0: In the context of the board game, we need to interpret what the number 0 means when a player draws a card with that number. Since positive numbers represent moving forward and negative numbers represent moving backward, we can reason about what the number 0 would imply.
Meaning of positive and negative numbers: If a positive number represents moving forward that many spaces, and a negative number represents moving backward that many spaces, then logically, 0 would represent not moving at all. This is because 0 is neither positive nor negative, and it does not indicate any movement in either direction.
Matching interpretation to choices: We can now match our interpretation to the given choices. The choice that corresponds to not moving any spaces is (B) Not moving any spaces. This is the most logical interpretation of drawing a card with 0 in the context of this board game.
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