Question

The moon is about 240,000 miles from earth what is the order of magnitude of this number

Answer 1

The order of magnitude is calculated by use of log function. log(240000) = 5.38 so the order is 5 (from what I've see we round down even if it was 5.999 but this may be wrong in some cases).

Answer 2

1578620 this is what i got i hope it helps you