What is 12 times greater than 45?

12 times greater than 45 seems easy enough, but is it?

Let's assume the answer = 540 (since 12 x 45 = 540). Then shouldn't this statement be true?:

540 is greater than 12 x 45.

But that is not true. 540 is not greater than 12 x 45. It is the same!

To make it greater, we could make make a formula like (a+1)b where a=12 and b=45 to get this answer:

(12 + 1) x 45 = 585

But if that is the case, why not simply say "What is 13 times 45?" 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 12 times greater than 45, they mean 12 times as much as 45 which equals 540. We recommend that you ask them to clarify what they mean.

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