What is 10 times greater than 50?

10 times greater than 50 seems easy enough, but is it?

Let's assume the answer = 500 (since 10 x 50 = 500). Then shouldn't this statement be true?:

500 is greater than 10 x 50.

But that is not true. 500 is not greater than 10 x 50. It is the same!

To make it greater, we could make make a formula like (a+1)b where a=10 and b=50 to get this answer:

(10 + 1) x 50 = 550

But if that is the case, why not simply say "What is 11 times 50?" instead of saying "times greater than?"

We do not think there is a correct answer, because the question can be misinterpreted.

It seems that when many people write 10 times greater than 50, they mean 10 times as much as 50 which equals 500. We recommend that you ask them to clarify what they mean.

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