Question

What is 240,000 written as a whole number multiplied by a power of ten?

Answer 1

240,000 written as whole number multiplied by a power ten
=24 times 10 to the 4th power the answer.

Answer 2

if you are asking for scientific notation then
scientific notation=(number less than 10 and more than or equal to 1) times 10^x so

240000
how many places must the decimal place be moved in order for the number to be less than 10 and more than or equal to 1
the number is 2.4
it was moved 5 decimal places so
2.4 times 10^5