Answer:
Year 0 is represent the year that Gabe was born
Explanation:
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 5. What does year 0 represent?
Answer: Positive numbers represent things that happen after Gabe was born while negative numbers represent things that happened before Gabe was born. The first example in the question meant that Gabe's mom was given a special coin 20 years before he was born while the second example in the question meant that Gabe's sister was born 5 years after he was born.
Year 0 is represent the year that Gabe was born.