LITTLE LUCAS INVENTED HIS OWN WAY TO WRITE DOWN NEGATIVE NUMBERS BE...

7. Little Lucas invented his own way to write down negative numbers before he learned the usual way with

the negative sign (–) in front. Counting backwards from +3, he would write: 3, 2, 1, 0, 00, 000, 0000, ...

What is the result of 000 + 0000 in his notation?

(A) 1 (B) 00000 (C) 000000 (D) 0000000 (E) 00000000