Is 24 equal to 2 · 4? explain.

No, 24 is not equal to 2 · 4.

2 · 4 is 8, since 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 or 4 + 4 is equal to 8

the mistake in the pattern is that :

b. the decimal point was moved one too many place values each time

the correct pattern could be made by :

b. moving the decimal point to the right the same numbers of place values as the exponents