What is four-way?

Four-way means something has four different directions or paths it can go, like a crossroads where you can choose to go left, right, forward, or backward.

Imagine you're playing with a toy car on a big piece of cardboard. You draw four straight lines that meet in the middle, one going up, one down, one to the left, and one to the right. That’s a four-way, like a crossroads for your toy car!

• If you're at the center of the four-way, you can go in any of the four directions: up, down, left, or right.
• This is just like when you’re playing a game where you have to choose which road to take, sometimes there are four choices!

You might see this kind of thing on a map or even on the street with a big X-shaped intersection. It’s not magic, it's just a fun way for things (or people) to move in more than one direction at once! Four-way means something has four different directions or paths it can go, like a crossroads where you can choose to go left, right, forward, or backward.

Imagine you're playing with a toy car on a big piece of cardboard. You draw four straight lines that meet in the middle, one going up, one down, one to the left, and one to the right. That’s a four-way, like a crossroads for your toy car!