Look at the digit one number place to the right of the thousands place, the hundreds. In this case it is another 4. Since it is less than 5, the thousands place will stay the same. If it were 5 or greater, the thousands place would go up by one number. 14,494 rounded to the nearest thousand is 14,000
The president can be elected in 28 different ways. After a student is elected president, there are 27 students left to elect a vice president from. So there are 28 x 27 = 756 different arrangements.
