Question

The moon is about 240,000 miles from earth . What is the distance written as a whole number multiplied by a power of ten

Answer 1

The correct answer is:

24 × 10⁴

Explanation:

When we look at this number, we can see that it is 24 with 4 zeros after it. 4 zeros implies the number 10,000. This means this is the product of 24 and 10,000, or 24(10,000).

10,000 is 10⁴ (since it has 4 zeros). This makes our product 24 × 10⁴.

Answer 2

For this case we have the following number:

$240,000$

What we must do is rewrite the number as the product of two numbers.

We have then:

$240,000 = (24) (10000)$

From here, we write the number as the multiplication of a whole number and a power of base ten.

We have then:

$240,000 = (24) (10 ^ 4)$

Where,

$24$: whole number

$10 ^ 4$: power of base 10

Answer:

The distance written as a whole number multiplied by a power of ten is:

$(24) (10 ^ 4)$