To find the approximate row in which 5000 appears, we divide 5000 by 6 . Since $\frac{5000}{6}=833 \frac{1}{3}$, and $6 \times 833=4998$, then the largest integer in row 833 is 4998 . Therefore, row 834 contains the next six consecutive integers from 4999 to 5004. (We can check this by recognizing that $6 \times 834=5004$.) Thus, the integer 5000 appears in row 834 . Next, we recognize that all even numbered rows list the largest integer in the row beginning in column A through to the smallest integer in column F.
Since row 834 is an even numbered row, then the integers are listed in the order $5004,5003,5002,5001,5000,4999$, with 5004 beginning in column A.
Therefore, the integer 5000 appears in row 834, column E.
