Question

Sonya plays a game where she moves forward or backward on a game board. Positive numbers represent forward moves. Negative numbers represent backwards moves. Which statement is the most likely explanation of what 4(-3) means in this context?

Answer 1

This means sonya moves 3 units backward 4 times

Explanation:

4(-3) ;

4 represents the number of times a (-3) movement is executed.

-3 means a backward movement due to the presence of negative sign.

Hence, we can conclude that Sonya moves 3 units backward 4 times or can infer a direct multiplication of 4(-3) = - 12 ;

A backward movement of - 12 units.