Question

Place the digits 1,2,3,6,7 and 8 in the boxes below to obtain
a) the greatest possible term
b) the smallest possible sum.

explain your answer!

Answer 1

A) 876
B) 123
What I did is i placed the biggest numbers for the greatest sum putting the highest number in the 100th place (being 8) to obtain the highest number
Then I did the opposite for the smallest sum.