{"id":5417,"date":"2013-05-29T14:40:52","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T18:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/blog\/?p=5417"},"modified":"2019-08-30T16:41:53","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T16:41:53","slug":"the-math-beast-challenge-problem-of-the-week-may-27-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/blog\/the-math-beast-challenge-problem-of-the-week-may-27-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"The Math Beast Challenge Problem of the Week &#8211; May 27, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"\/\/cdn.manhattanprep.com\/images\/gre\/gre_math_beast(1).png\" alt=\"Math Beast\" \/>Each week, we post a new Challenge Problem for you to attempt. If you submit the correct answer, you will be entered into that week&#8217;s drawing for two free Manhattan Prep GRE Strategy Guides.<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"clearfix\">For all values, [<em>x<\/em>] denotes the least integer greater than or equal to\u00a0<em>x<\/em>.\u00a0 If -2.5 <\u00a0<em>x<\/em>\u00a0< 1.5, what is the least possible value of [2<em>x<\/em>] + [<em>x<\/em><sup>2<\/sup>]?<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>See the answer choices and submit your pick over on our <a href=\"\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/challenge_thisweek.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">Challenge Problem<\/a> page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each week, we post a new Challenge Problem for you to attempt. If you submit the correct answer, you will be entered into that week&#8217;s drawing for two free Manhattan Prep GRE Strategy Guides. For all values, [x] denotes the least integer greater than or equal to\u00a0x.\u00a0 If -2.5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-5417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-challenge-problems","category-gre-strategies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5417"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6917,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5417\/revisions\/6917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5417"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=5417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}