<prompt> Hlalosa tšebeliso ea lefela tsamaisong ea linomoro.nan  <response>: Instruction in English: Explain the use of zero in the number system. . Response in English: Zero is a very important digit in the number system. It serves as a placeholder to indicate that there are no units, tens, hundreds or any other higher powers of ten in its position within a number. It enables us to differentiate between numbers like 1, 10, 100, and so forth. Without the zero, it would be difficult to determine the value of large numbers based on their position alone.For example, consider the number 301. The zero in the tens place indicates that there are no tens within the number, and that its value is comprised of solely 3 hundreds and 1 unit. If we remove the zero, the number would become 31, a very different value. If we placed a 5 instead of the zero, the number would become 351. This clearly shows how zero acts as a placeholder to represent the absence of value in a particular place within the number system.Moreover, zero acts as the neutral element in addition and subtraction that does not change the value of the other number, and it is the number that separates positive numbers from negative numbers in the number line. In short the use of zero in the number system is crucial to represent the absence of value in a certain position, to allow for place value to function properly and to act as a neutral element in arithmetic operations. . Response in Sesotho: Zero ke nomoro ea bohlokoa haholo tsamaisong ea linomoro. E sebetsa joalo ka setsoantso sa sebaka ho bontša hore ha ho na likarolo, mashome, makholo kapa matla afe kapa afe a phahameng a leshome sebakeng sa ona ka hara palo. E re thusa ho khetholla pakeng tsa lipalo tse kang 1, 10, 100, joalo-joalo. Ntle le zero, ho ka ba thata ho fumana boleng ba lipalo tse kholo ho latela maemo a tsona feela. Ka mohlala, nahana ka palo ea 301. Noto sebakeng sa mashome e bontša hore ha ho na mashome ka hara palo, le hore boleng ba eona bo na le makholo a mararo le yuniti e le ngoe feela. Haeba re tlosa zero, palo e tla fetoha 31, boleng bo fapaneng haholo. Haeba re ka beha 5 sebakeng sa lefela, palo e ne e tla fetoha 351. Sena se bontša ka ho hlaka hore na noto e sebetsa joang joalo ka setšoantšisi ho emela bosieo ba boleng sebakeng se itseng ka hara sistimi ea linomoro. Ho feta moo, zero e sebetsa e le ntho e sa nke lehlakore ho phaella le ho tlosa e sa fetoleng boleng ba palo e ngoe, me ke palo e arolang linomoro tse ntle ho tloha ho linomoro tse fosahetseng moleng oa linomoro. Ka bokhutsoanyane tsebeliso ea zero tsamaisong ea linomoro e bohlokoa haholo ho emela bosieo ba boleng boemong bo itseng, ho lumella boleng ba sebaka hore bo sebetse hantle le ho sebetsa joalo ka ntho e sa nke lehlakore mesebetsing ea lipalo. 