What is 17 times greater than 98?

17 times greater than 98 seems easy enough, but is it?

Let's assume the answer = 1666 (since 17 x 98 = 1666). Then shouldn't this statement be true?:

1666 is greater than 17 x 98.

But that is not true. 1666 is not greater than 17 x 98. It is the same!

To make it greater, we could make make a formula like (a+1)b where a=17 and b=98 to get this answer:

(17 + 1) x 98 = 1764

But if that is the case, why not simply say "What is 18 times 98?" 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 17 times greater than 98, they mean 17 times as much as 98 which equals 1666. We recommend that you ask them to clarify what they mean.

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